Towards a Language-Based Typology of Church Names in Ghana

Over the years, scholars have sought to provide language-based typologies of names, but while attempts have been made for some sub-branches of onomastics such as anthroponymy and toponymy, there is arguably none for ecclesionymy (the study of church names). Consequently, this paper sought to prov...

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Autores principales:	Osei Yaw Akoto, Juliet Oppong- Asare Ansah
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Publicado:	Noyam Publishers 2021
Materias:	church names ecclesionymy glocal language unilingual Religion (General) BL1-50
Acceso en línea:	https://doi.org/10.38159/motbit.2021353 https://doaj.org/article/4954f4ecbf2345608d30ead2453c540d
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:4954f4ecbf2345608d30ead2453c540d2021-11-29T13:05:12ZTowards a Language-Based Typology of Church Names in Ghanahttps://doi.org/10.38159/motbit.20213532676-2838https://doaj.org/article/4954f4ecbf2345608d30ead2453c540d2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://noyam.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/MOTBIT2021353.pdfhttps://doaj.org/toc/2676-2838Over the years, scholars have sought to provide language-based typologies of names, but while attempts have been made for some sub-branches of onomastics such as anthroponymy and toponymy, there is arguably none for ecclesionymy (the study of church names). Consequently, this paper sought to provide a languagebased typology of the hitherto underexplored area of church names. Data of names of churches in Ghana was built for the present study. Adopting content analysis as the analytical approach, the study realized that church names in Ghana are generally homogenous and heterogeneous linguistically. It was also realized that homogenous/unilingual church names involved English only, Akan only and Ewe only. On the other hand, the heterogeneous church names comprised two types: bilingual and trilingual church names, which contained varied language permutations from the three spheres in Osei Yaw Akoto’s classification of languages in Ghana. The paper concludes by making some recommendations for language in-religion policy in Ghana.Osei Yaw AkotoJuliet Oppong- Asare AnsahNoyam Publishersarticlechurch namesecclesionymyglocal languageunilingualReligion (General)BL1-50ENJournal of Mother-Tongue Biblical Hermeneutics and Theology, Vol 2, Iss 11, Pp 77-87 (2021)
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description	Over the years, scholars have sought to provide language-based typologies of names, but while attempts have been made for some sub-branches of onomastics such as anthroponymy and toponymy, there is arguably none for ecclesionymy (the study of church names). Consequently, this paper sought to provide a languagebased typology of the hitherto underexplored area of church names. Data of names of churches in Ghana was built for the present study. Adopting content analysis as the analytical approach, the study realized that church names in Ghana are generally homogenous and heterogeneous linguistically. It was also realized that homogenous/unilingual church names involved English only, Akan only and Ewe only. On the other hand, the heterogeneous church names comprised two types: bilingual and trilingual church names, which contained varied language permutations from the three spheres in Osei Yaw Akoto’s classification of languages in Ghana. The paper concludes by making some recommendations for language in-religion policy in Ghana.
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