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A Socio-Semantic Analysis of Selected Anthroponyms in the Mambwe Language

Moses Musonda, Kennedy N. Kangwa, Pethias Siame

Linguistic Exploration · 144–155 · 10.55121/le.v3i2.101539

Names serve as fundamental markers of human identity, encapsulating a wealth of socio-cultural information. This study presents a socio-semantic analysis of selected Mambwe anthroponyms from the Mbala district in Zambia's Northern Province. Employing a qualitative methodology with purposive and snowball sampling, data were gathe