Determining a national nomenclature: creative ascendancy in Lesotho literature in English
Historically, the emergency and evolution of literature in Lesotho has been closely linked to the Evangelical mission of the church and the dominance of Sesotho as sole linguistic vehicle for communication and creative imagination. This scenario has meant that for years, literature written in the ve...
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| description | Historically, the emergency and evolution of literature in Lesotho has been closely linked to the Evangelical mission of the church and the dominance of Sesotho as sole linguistic vehicle for communication and creative imagination. This scenario has meant that for years, literature written in the vernacular-Sesotho-has tended to take pride of place at the expense of literary writing in English or any other language. |
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| spelling | ir-11408-17852022-06-27T13:49:07Z Determining a national nomenclature: creative ascendancy in Lesotho literature in English Viriri-Shava, Piniel Nyawo-Viriri-Shava, Vongai National literary Nomenclature Historically, the emergency and evolution of literature in Lesotho has been closely linked to the Evangelical mission of the church and the dominance of Sesotho as sole linguistic vehicle for communication and creative imagination. This scenario has meant that for years, literature written in the vernacular-Sesotho-has tended to take pride of place at the expense of literary writing in English or any other language. 2016-09-05T08:09:12Z 2016-09-05T08:09:12Z 2010-12 Article 2220-7503 http://hdl.handle.net/11408/1785 en Zimbabwe International Journal of Languages and Culture;Vol. 1 No. 2; p. 42-50 open Social Science Consultancy Trust |
| spellingShingle | National literary Nomenclature Viriri-Shava, Piniel Nyawo-Viriri-Shava, Vongai Determining a national nomenclature: creative ascendancy in Lesotho literature in English |
| title | Determining a national nomenclature: creative ascendancy in Lesotho literature in English |
| title_full | Determining a national nomenclature: creative ascendancy in Lesotho literature in English |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Determining a national nomenclature: creative ascendancy in Lesotho literature in English |
| title_short | Determining a national nomenclature: creative ascendancy in Lesotho literature in English |
| title_sort | determining a national nomenclature: creative ascendancy in lesotho literature in english |
| topic | National literary Nomenclature |
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