ISSN: 2360-7831

 International Journal of English Literature and Culture
 

International Journal of English Literature and Culture

Vol. 7(9), pp. 317-322, December, 2019

 ISSN: 2360-7831

DOI: 10.14662/IJELC2019.235

Review paper

This study aimed to investigate the form and structure of Gurage Riddles. In line with this, the poetic form and the syntactic structures of riddles were assessed. Interview and documents were employed to collect the data from the selected areas. Purposive sampling technique was applied to choose the informants. Since the collected data were Ethiopic in script, they were transcribed and translated in to English language using literal approach to keep the original meaning as careful as possible. The collected data were analyzed using qualitative method using structural approach and finally conclusion was given. Based on the finding, Cheha Gurage riddles have poetic forms; they have end rhyme, middle rhyme, alliteration and assonance. In addition to this, Cheha Gurage riddles have only three types of sentences such as simple sentence, compound sentence and complex sentence structures. In some complex and compound sentence riddles, the subject I/he/she is not clearly stated however by using some clues such as the employment of the masculine and feminine words which comes with the simple predicate they can be known.   

 Key Words: Riddle, Structural approach, Form, Cheha Gurage

 
Cite This Article As: Shashetu B.T., Kamil, N. A (2019). The Form and Structure of Gurage Riddles: A Case of Cheha Gurage Riddles. Inter. J. Eng. Lit. Cult. 7(9): 317-322