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ABSTRACT
Parable expressions are mostly used in folk-songs in order to reduce the degree of vulgarity in the context of the song so as not to disrupt society moral norms, and to increase the rate of acceptability of such song amidst listeners.
Aside all these, parable expressions give linguistic aesthetics to song and most importantly, they enable singers to pass across a whole lot of messages, even while they utter just few of these messages. That means to say there are hidden messages in parable expressions, used in some folk songs, and for these hidden messages to be known to listeners, a particular level of language analysis has to be put in place. This level is found to be pragmatics.
The objective of this study is to identify the real meanings of parables that are used in Urhobo folk songs, with reference to the overall meanings of these songs themselves. This identification will in turn help us to state the reasons why they (parable phrases) are used in the songs and their contributions to the singers intended meanings of these songs. Haven achieved this objective; we conclude that for real meanings of parable expressions to be known to all pragmatic analysis is necessary.
