Unveiling the Taboo of Sexual Intercourse in the Beulah Yoruba/English Bilingual Parallel Bible.
This study investigates how contextual features can be employed in the interpretation of veiled taboo of sexual intercourse in the King James version based Beulah Yoruba/English Bilingual Parallel Bible version of the Yoruba Bible. Fifteen passages which are instances of the use of veiled taboo expr...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Pan African Studies Vol. 10; no. 1; pp. 308 - 325 |
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Journal of Pan African Studies
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