Funeral Lamentation Phrasing in Northern Ghana’s Dagomba Communities: Lexical Restraint as Communal Witnessing

加纳北部达贡巴社区葬礼哀歌措辞：词汇节制作为集体见证

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In Yendi’s funeral rites, professional mourners avoid naming the deceased directly for seven days—instead, they use circumlocutions anchored in agricultural metaphors and seasonal cycles.
A phrase like ‘the yam vine that shaded three homesteads’ carries more juridical weight than biographical facts, signaling recognized social contribution and land stewardship.

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