Ethnopragmatic Analysis of Tiv Pet Names for Married Women

This study is on ethnopragmatic analysis of Tiv pet parts of people are predominantly found in Benue Stat® of are fxpreSsions of affection the country like Nasarawa and Taraba states. Pet n relationship by husbands to and other forms of endearments used only in a marr‘f js a normaJ healthy thing strengthen their emotional link or union and commitmen^ ^ wjves The study for husbands who are happy, satisfied and passiona . their sources, social examines the motivation for the pet names among Y ' names in the categorization or classification and above all, the sigm icanc ot-Qns that pet Tiv society. The article explores the various experiences a ^ interpretation of convey. It also looks at the culturally and contextua m^an* re gathered from the Tiv the pet names discussed in the study. Data for this stu y .ews, conVersations with speaking area of Benue state, Nigeria through persona in servationS- The data is the pet name bearers and givers, and through par iclPan semantic or denotative analyzed based on ethnopragmatic meaning rat er based on their sources for meanings of the pet names. The pet names are a so gro p g exhibit intimacy and easy analysis. The findings from this study show a P bearers and givers of pet love between the bearers and the givers of the names, f they instill sanity, peace, names are good living examples that other coup es emu unity and harmony in marriages and families.