POSTING THE AFRICAN PROVERB A GRAMMAR OF YORUBA POSTPROVERBIALS, OR LOGOPHAGIA, LOGORRHEA, AND THE GRAMMAR OF YORUBA POSTPROVERBIALS

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Aderemi Raji-Oyelade

Department of English
University of Ibadan

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Raji-Oyelade, A. “POSTING THE AFRICAN PROVERB: A GRAMMAR OF YORUBA POSTPROVERBIALS, OR LOGOPHAGIA, LOGORRHEA, AND THE GRAMMAR OF YORUBA POSTPROVERBIALS”. Proverbium - Yearbook, vol. 21, no. 1, Aug. 2004, pp. 299-314, https://naklada.ffos.hr/casopisi/index.php/proverbium/article/view/620.

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