Jargon in a Discourse Community: An Example in Òfì/Aṣọ Òkè Weaving Profession

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natural language processing

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paper

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Ogu

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SAS

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This study is the first phase of an ongoing research study that aims to document the processes of making òfì or aṣọ òkè (handloom woven fabrics of the Yoruba) and compile a dictionary of the terms and terminology associated with this traditional occupation of cloth weaving. The data for the study were collected through the master-apprentice model, participant observation, and interviews. The theory adopted for this study is institutional talk, a sociolinguistic approach to the description of the language of a particular group of people who share a communication style or vocabulary. Aṣọ òkè weavers are portrayed as a discourse community and their jargon is categorized into some lexico-semantic classification.

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Yoruba

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