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Praise Names

Praise Names is a ritual speech construct consisting of laudatory epithets or honorific designations systematically attributed to individuals, deities, or institutions within praise poetry to affirm social status, historical legacy, and spiritual potency through performative and formulaic verbal art.

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Publications

240

Citations

6

Authors

3

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

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Publications

5

Zulu medicinal ethnobotany: new records from the Amandawe area of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

L.S. Mhlongo, B.-E. Van Wyk · South African Journal of Botany · 2019 · 132 citations · Full text

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‘“Let Us Now Praise Famous Men”’

Patrick Taylor · Journal SOGC · 1998 · 37 citations

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‘Let us now praise famous men’

D J E Cheshire · Spinal Cord · 1979 · 36 citations · Full text

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Behind the inscrutable wonder: the dramaturgy of the mask performance in traditional African society

Chinyere Grace Okafor · Holmes Museum Of Anthropology (Wichita State University) · 1991 · 21 citations · Full text

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Subjecting the King: Ben Jonson’s Praise of James I

Jean Le Drew Metcalfe · English studies in Canada · 1991 · 14 citations

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Authors

6

  1. BV
    B.-E. Van Wyk

    University of Johannesburg, South Africa

    1 publications · 132 citations

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  2. LM
    L.S. Mhlongo

    University of Johannesburg, South Africa

    1 publications · 132 citations

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  3. DJ
    D J E Cheshire

    Austin Hospital, Australia

    1 publications · 36 citations

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  4. PT
    Patrick Taylor

    Jet Propulsion Laboratory, United States

    1 publications · 37 citations

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  5. CG
    Chinyere Grace Okafor

    1 publications · 21 citations

    1

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Institutions

3

  1. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    37 citations

  2. Phoenix (United States)

    Monona, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    36 citations

  3. University of Johannesburg

    Johannesburg, South Africa

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    264 citations

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Venues

  1. English studies in Canada

    ESC · 1 publications · 14 citations

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  2. South African Journal of Botany

    1 publications · 132 citations

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  3. Spinal Cord

    1 publications · 36 citations

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  4. Journal SOGC

    1 publications · 37 citations

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  5. Holmes Museum Of Anthropology (Wichita State University)

    Repository · 1 publications · 21 citations

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