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AFL1501 Assignment
3 Semester 2 | Due 25
September 2025
NO PLAGIARISM
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, Exam (elaborations)
AFL1501 Assignment 3 Semester 2 | Due 25
September 2025
Course
Language Through an African Lens (AFL1501)
Institution
University Of South Africa (Unisa)
AFL1501 Assignment 3 Semester 2 Memo | Due 25 September 2025. All
questions fully answered.
Question 1: Short Answer Questions 1.1. Discuss how your family's naming
practices reflect your cultural values.
How family naming practices reflect cultural
values — detailed answer
Intro (short):
Naming is a cultural practice that both expresses and reproduces values, beliefs and social
relations. Socio-onomastic research shows that personal names function as cultural resources:
they encode history, identity, status and social expectations and are actively used in social life
(naming is not merely labelling; it is social action). Taylor & Francis Online+1
1. Concrete ways naming reflects cultural values (with
examples)
a) Honouring ancestry and lineage
Many families name children after grandparents, clan founders or respected ancestors. This
practice expresses a cultural value of continuity, respect for elders and the moral duty to preserve
family memory. In the classroom or an exam answer you might quote a case-line such as “we
always name the first son after his paternal grandfather” to show how the family enacts filial
respect. Socio-onomastic studies repeatedly identify ancestral memorialisation as a core naming
motive. ans-names.pitt.edu+1
b) Commemorating circumstances, hopes or events (naming as meaning-making)
Names often encode the circumstances of birth (e.g., “Born during the rains”), parental hopes
(e.g., “Success”, “Gift”) or social events (e.g., names marking peace after conflict). Such
practices reflect values like resilience, gratitude, faith and the belief that a name carries power or
AFL1501 Assignment
3 Semester 2 | Due 25
September 2025
NO PLAGIARISM
[Pick the date]
[Type the abstract of the document here. The abstract is typically a short summary of the contents of
the document. Type the abstract of the document here. The abstract is typically a short summary of
the contents of the document.]
, Exam (elaborations)
AFL1501 Assignment 3 Semester 2 | Due 25
September 2025
Course
Language Through an African Lens (AFL1501)
Institution
University Of South Africa (Unisa)
AFL1501 Assignment 3 Semester 2 Memo | Due 25 September 2025. All
questions fully answered.
Question 1: Short Answer Questions 1.1. Discuss how your family's naming
practices reflect your cultural values.
How family naming practices reflect cultural
values — detailed answer
Intro (short):
Naming is a cultural practice that both expresses and reproduces values, beliefs and social
relations. Socio-onomastic research shows that personal names function as cultural resources:
they encode history, identity, status and social expectations and are actively used in social life
(naming is not merely labelling; it is social action). Taylor & Francis Online+1
1. Concrete ways naming reflects cultural values (with
examples)
a) Honouring ancestry and lineage
Many families name children after grandparents, clan founders or respected ancestors. This
practice expresses a cultural value of continuity, respect for elders and the moral duty to preserve
family memory. In the classroom or an exam answer you might quote a case-line such as “we
always name the first son after his paternal grandfather” to show how the family enacts filial
respect. Socio-onomastic studies repeatedly identify ancestral memorialisation as a core naming
motive. ans-names.pitt.edu+1
b) Commemorating circumstances, hopes or events (naming as meaning-making)
Names often encode the circumstances of birth (e.g., “Born during the rains”), parental hopes
(e.g., “Success”, “Gift”) or social events (e.g., names marking peace after conflict). Such
practices reflect values like resilience, gratitude, faith and the belief that a name carries power or
