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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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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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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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Individual Nicknames in Kostroma Dialects: A General Motivational Overview [PDF]

Вопросы ономастики
Individual nicknames, as a distinct class of onyms, serve not only a nominative function but also a descriptive one. This article explores the motivational principles underlying the attribution of such nicknames, based on data collected by the Ural ...
Elizaveta Olegovna Borisova
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The Nominations Nicknames for Family Relations [PDF]

, 2011
Роботу виконано в Західнополіському ономастико-діалектологічному центрі ВНУ ім. Лесі УкраїнкиУ статті проаналізовано прізвиська жителів Західного Полісся за назвами родинних стосунків. Виокрем-лено неофіційні антропоніми, мотивовані лексемами по прямій і
Шульська, Н. М., Shulska, N. М.   +1 more
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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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Ragadványnév-adási motivációk budapesti fiatalok körében

Névtani Értesítő, 2009
Motivations for giving nicknames among the young in Budapest This paper carries out a motivation-based categorisation of the nicknames of 200 young people (100 females and 100 males) living in Budapest.
Éva Heltovics
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How to publish research on offensive familiy nicknames? Some ethical considerations in anthroponomastics

Folia onomastica Croatica, 2015
ovome se radu razmatra etička dvojba pri objavljivanju rezultata istraživanja obiteljskih nadimaka. Obiteljski nadimci funkcioniraju, za razliku od prezimena, kao indeksi koji nisu u potpunosti lišeni semantike te dijelom funkcioniraju kao imena koja se referiraju na istaknuto obilježje ili događaj iz povijesti određene obitelji, a svjedoče i o tome ...
Carović, Ines, Novak, Kristian
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Barn Owl (Tyto alba)

EDIS, 2019
Barn owls, members of the family Tytonidae, are unmistakable nocturnal birds of prey. Their ghostly appearance and blood-curdling shriek have led to their incorporation into folklore and myth and have earned these birds a variety of nicknames, including
Jason M. Martin, Richard N. Raid, Lyn C. Branch   +2 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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