Term development strategy in Mozambican languages: analysis of term communicability trends

Makhinga ya wuwumbi wa mapswi ya wuzivi ka tidimi ta n’tumbunuku: wuxoli wa sikombisu wa wuwombiwombi

Authors

  • Gervásio Absolone Chambo Universidade Eduardo Mondlane - Moçambique
  • Henrique Orlando Mateus Universidade Eduardo Mondlane - Moçambique
  • Nelsa João Nhantumbo Universidade Eduardo Mondlane -Moçambique

Keywords:

Línguas Moçambicanas, Terminologia, Estratégias, Comunicabilidade

Abstract

This paper analyzes communicability trends of disease terms developed in Mozambican languages based on terminology development strategies. Methodologically, a corpus consisting of 166 terms associated with 12 diseases developed in 6 Mozambican languages was compiled. Based on the terminological dimensions (cognitive, linguistic and communicative) (Sager, 1990), the study found that, communicability hierarchizes the strategies of term development. The study concludes that term development in the Mozambican languages requires that an assessment of communicability levels be considered in order to safeguard communication.

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Author Biographies

Gervásio Absolone Chambo, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane - Moçambique

Professor de Didáctica de Ensino Bilingue na Universidade Eduardo Mondlane. Áreas de pesquisa: Bilinguismo e Ensino, Línguas, culturas locais e ensino de Ciências e Matemática.

Henrique Orlando Mateus, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane - Moçambique

Doutor em Linguistica. Docente da Universidade Eduardo Mondlane.

Nelsa João Nhantumbo, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane -Moçambique

Doutora em Linguística pela Universidade Eduardo Mondlane. Docente Universitária e investigadora na mesma universidade. Tem como área de interesse a Linguística Teórico-Descritiva das Línguas Bantu moçambicanas, com especial enfoque para a língua Copi (falada na região Sul de Moçambique, províncias e Gaza e Inhambane). Para além da Linguítica teórico-descritiva tem interesse nas áreas de  Lexicografia, Lexicologia e outras.

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18-09-2022

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Chambo, G. A., Mateus, H. O., & Nhantumbo, N. J. (2022). Term development strategy in Mozambican languages: analysis of term communicability trends: Makhinga ya wuwumbi wa mapswi ya wuzivi ka tidimi ta n’tumbunuku: wuxoli wa sikombisu wa wuwombiwombi. NJINGA&SEPÉ: Revista Internacional De Culturas, Línguas Africanas E Brasileiras, 2(2), 141–157. Retrieved from https://revistas.unilab.edu.br/index.php/njingaesape/article/view/958

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Vol. 2 No. 2 (2022): Descrição e análise de línguas africanas e estudos socioculturais no Brasil

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Seção I - Artigos inéditos e traduções/interpretações

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