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Sewanou Lanmadousselo

Université d’Abomey-Calavi, Benin · Université de Parakou, Benin, Africa

2 Publications

“Until grey hair appears on the hands and feet”- On the Significance of Human Body Parts in African Idiom, Using the Example of the Idioms of the Fon from Benin

Humanities, Social Sciences and Law

9. October 2023 | DOI: 10.17160/josha.10.5.916

“Until grey hair appears on the hands and feet”- On the Significance of Human Body Parts in African Idiom, Using the Example of the Idioms of the Fon from Benin

Sewanou Lanmadousselo, Vodogbey Comlan Charlemagne HOUNTON

Université de Parakou, Benin, Africa

Idiomatic is a branch of lexicology dealing with idioms. It is the study of the peculiarities of a language, a dialect, and the totality of idioms of a language. While…

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The Problem of the Authenticity of african Fairy Tales using the examples of the Fairy Tales of the Fon from Benin and the “Kinder- und Hausmärchen” of the Brothers Grimm

Sewanou Lanmadousselo

Université de Parakou, Benin, Africa

This contribution deals with the question of foreign influences on the Fon fairy tales from Benin (West Africa). It has endeavoured to answer the question whether the similarities found in…

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