SOCIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF USE, MEANINGS AND SYMBOLISM CULTURAL OF EXPRESSIONS (DEVOTED) TYPICAL AND METAPHORICALIN MOOSE

This article makes a sociological analysis of an important part of the oral and literary intangible cultural heritage among the Moose of Burkina Faso, made up of metaphorical expressions. The objective of the study is to analyze and interpret the context of employment, the meanings and the socio -cultural implications of these expressions given their great cultural wealth and their contribution in the stabilization of social relations during the various speeches. It appears that a threat of disappearance hangs over these figures of style due to their ignorance by many adults and young people. However, these consecrated expressions perform attenuation functions of verbal virulence, educational, initiation and aesthetic functions of the Moore language. They are used on the one hand To communicate on social events that are birth, marriage and death. On the other hand, they are used to denounce human defects in several situations of social interactions.