An exploration of the significance of figures of speech in the proverbial expression,a studyof selected swahili proverbs that concern love and hate

Abstract

This study examines Swahili proverbs and how they employ figures of speech to bring out thier deeper meaning of the proverbs in the cultural context of the Kiswahili. The Swahili proverbs are plainly being without interpretation; they are just mere sayings without meaning like any statement that can be said. Therefore, the necessity for these symbols is to give the proverbs epth of meaning and a representation of only itself and nothing else. The data collected from the field is locally analyzed using the figures of speech entailed in proverbs and the method of data collection was mainly through interviews and those learned from my own experience.