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Personal nicknames of Zaplanje's small town of Gadžin Han [PDF]

Zbornik Radova Filozofskog Fakulteta u Prištini
The paper analyzes the personal nicknames of Gadžin Han from a linguistic perspective. The personal nicknames are part of the anthroponomic system of Zaplanje, the geographic area to which the small town of Gadžin Han belongs.
Savić Sandra G.
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Euskal deituren jatorria eta etxe izengoitiak

Anuario del Seminario de Filología Vasca "Julio de Urquijo", 2009
This contribution seeks to explore the main sources of Basque family names: patronymics, toponyms and nicknames (oikonymic, social and lexical).
Patxi Salaberri Zaratiegi, Juan Jose Zubiri Lujanbio   +1 more
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Nicknames of Female Felons

Names, 1997
An investigation of nicknaming among 113 female prisoners showed that nearly two-thirds of the women had a nickname. The nicknames were almost always accorded by family or peer group members, referred to physical or behavioral characteristics or were ...
Barbara H. Zaitzow, James K. Skipper, Claudia Bryant   +2 more
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MORPHOLOGICAL NATURE OF NICKNAMES

Записки з українського мовознавства, 2017
The article describes grammatical peculiarities of individual nicknames in the Upper Dniestrian area of Ivano-Frankivsk region. An important characteristic of nicknames is the part of speech they are derived from.
Г. В. Сеник
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Bashkir Onomastic Heritage in the Materials of Linguistic Expeditions in the 1920s–1930s

Вопросы ономастики, 2022
The article aims to identify and interpret the onomastic material collected in the course of linguistic and general field research in the Tamyan-Katai and Argayash cantons of Bashkiria, carried out by the Academic Center of the People’s Commissariat of ...
Timur G. Mukhtarov
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We Live Surrounded by Pigs: Naming the Space [PDF]

, 2017
The geographical nickname is a complex entity, both geographic, social and linguistic. The study is a sociolinguistic one. It focuses on the relation between language and space in Italy, Germany, Switzerland and Romania.
Ungureanu, Dan
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INFORMAL ANTHROPONYMICON OF VILLAGES: TRANSONYMIZATED NICKNAMES

Записки з українського мовознавства, 2016
The necessity to learn regional particularities of informal naming as an important segment of creating common Ukrainian map of an anthroponymical system saves the first place.
Г. В. Сеник
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What Do Village Household Head Names Tell Us about?

Филологический класс, 2023
The article deals with the little-studied fact of the existence of village surnames based on the nickname of the head of the family. The urgency of addressing this topic is due to the rapidly shrinking sphere of Russian dialects and the need to preserve ...
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Nicknames among Swati clans: A socio-cultural analysis

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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Nicknames And Rememberance: Memorials To Woodlawn's Jazz Greats

Names, 2006
In the world of jazz, musicians are known by their nicknames. “Duke,” “Bean,” “Cootie” are the names we recognize when we talk about the music made by Duke Ellington and his orchestra.
Susan Olsen
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