METAPHORISATION OF WOMEN IN YORUBA PROVERBS: A FEMINIST CRITICAL ANALYSIS

Studies on conceptual metaphors in gender-based proverbial discourses have gained much scholarly attention linguistic studies. In spite of this, metaphorisations gendered Yoruba proverbs still remain under-researched. This study seeks to fill the gap by exploring using frameworks. The data comprise 100 women. Conceptual Metaphor Theory and Feminist Critical Discourse Analysis guide analysis. analysis reveals that, four (4) structure women select proverbs: Women Are Weaklings; Evil; Whores; and, Procreants. first three generically give a “downward orientation”. fourth assumedly underlines an “upward orientation”, which implicitly entails down orientation. downward image schema these indicates among Yoruba, are profiled negatively. profiling that Yoruba’s ideological gender advances hierarchical order subordinated men.<p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0940/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>