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Nicknames among Swati clans: A socio-cultural analysis [PDF]

Literator
Nicknames are common in African societies. In Swati families, the use of nicknames is widespread and almost every member of a family possesses one. The nicknames are given to people in addition to their personal names from a young age until adulthood ...
Muzi Matfunjwa, Respect Mlambo, Nomsa Skosana   +2 more
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School and family nicknames used by teenagers (based on german and russian languages)

Russian journal of linguistics: Vestnik RUDN, 2008
The article is devoted to analysis of nicknames used by modern teenagers. Nicknames used at school or between the family members are given special attention.
A G Smirnova
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Family Nicknames in Pučišća on the Island of Brač [PDF]

Rasprave Instituta za Hrvatski Jezik i Jezikoslovlje, 2010
This paper discusses family nicknames in Pučišća on the island of Brač. Family nicknames, as an additional aspect of identification that developed due to the fact that numerous individuals carried the same family name, are a characteristic of Croatian ...
Domagoj Vidović
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Nicknames and Surnames; Neglected Origins of Family Names, Especially Surnames Derived from Inn Signs

Names, 1991
Surnames come from more diverse sources than are recognized in the four categories set out by Elsdon Smith (in his New Dictionary of American Family Names).
Leonard R. N. Ashley!
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Linguistic Specificity of Nicknames and Sobriquets of the Noble Popławski Family in Podlasie Region in the 16th and 17th Centuries

Annales Universitatis Mariae Curie-Skłodowska, sectio FF – Philologiae
The topic of this article are the nicknames and sobriquets of the noble Popławski family in Podlasie region in the 16th and 17th centuries. The collected anthroponymic material was subjected to linguistic analysis, on the basis of which the onyms were divided into semantic and structural groups.
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MBOJO NICKNAMES: REVIEWING THE CLIPPING PROCESS OF BIMANESE PERSONAL NAMES [PDF]

Celtic, 2020
It is the aim of the study to reveal the distinctive clipping process that takes place in the word formation of nicknames in Mbojo which is one of the major ethnic groups in Bima and its surroundings. Moreover, this study employed qualitative method. The
Rosalin Ismayoeng Gusdian, Azizatul Zuhra   +1 more
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Zoomorphic Pattern in Collective Nicknames among the Residents of the Russian North [PDF]

Вопросы ономастики, 2020
The paper studies collective nicknames of the residents of the Russian North (Arkhangelsk and Vologda regions) to describe a productive zoomorphic naming pattern.
Anna A. Makarova, Yulia B. Popova
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Onomastics of the village Velika Kruševica near Rekovac [PDF]

Zbornik Radova Filozofskog Fakulteta u Prištini, 2021
The paper presents the onomastics recorded in Levač village Velika Kruševica which is situated in the Levač municipality. We have registered toponyms, personal and family nicknames, personal names and surnames of all the residents who have been in the ...
Jašović Golub M.
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Béb község kétnyelvű ragadványnévrendszere

Névtani Értesítő, 2021
The bilingual nickname stock of Béb The paper deals with the questions regarding the nature and functions of nicknames in language use and presents the former and current nickname stock of Béb, a small village in the Transdanubian area of Hungary as ...
KITTI HAUBER
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