Formas de cumprimento na língua Echuwabo

Abstract

This paper aims to study the forms of greeting in the Echuwabo language. With this work, we intend to make our contribution to the study of Bantu languages in general and the Echuwabo language in particular. Our main objective is to demonstrate how the forms of greeting are realized in the Echuwabo language. In order to achieve this goal, we worked with four dialogues produced by native speakers of Echuwabo, belonging to Catholic communities in Maputo city. The work consists of five chapters: Chapter I is the introduction chapter, where we present the motivation and importance of the study, as well as the delimitation of the object of study and its objectives; Chapter II is the Bibliographical Review. In this chapter, we present the theoretical part that will support our data analysis; Chapter III presents the methodology adopted for data collection. data collection; In Chapter IV, we analyze and discuss the data and, finally, in Chapter V, we present the conclusions and some recommendations for further studies. (TRADUÇAO NOSSA)