“Simba yagongwa”: metaphors in soccer reporting headlines in Tanzania’s Uhuru Swahili daily

This paper attempts a linguistic analysis of metaphor use in the Tanzanian Swahili Uhuru daily headlines that report soccer events. We purposively and conveniently chose 35 headlines published in 1960s–2020s to examine metaphor use in the newspaper as a way of attracting readership and interest. We...

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Main Author: Gastor Cosmas Mapunda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2024-12-01
Series:Cogent Arts & Humanities
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Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23311983.2024.2400759
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