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An Outline and Classification of Lithuanian Nicknames

Names, 1999
The nicknames of Lithuanian country people are investigated in order to determine the motivations for creating the nicknames and to develop a system of nickname classification based upon the motivations.
Alvydas Butkus
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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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Aspects of Nicknames Among the Tumbuka

Names, 2002
Nicknames generally show closer relationships to their users' subculture than do more fixed parts of language. This study looks at nicknames and nickname use among the Tumbuka of southern Africa-how they are formed and how they function in Tumbuka ...
Themba Moyo
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A Socio-semiotic Study of Nicknaming among Undergraduates in a Nigerian University [PDF]

, 2014
The concept of name and naming is not just a tool for constructing identity; it is an important signification system in African cosmology. It is imbued with the people's perception of life and being.
Filani, Ibukun, Melefa, Omotosho Moses
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Peculiarities of Nickname Semantics in Veliuona Region: Primary Nicknames

Respectus Philologicus, 2016
The article focuses on the analysis of 425 primary nicknames recorded in Veliuona vicinity aiming to deduce their most common semantic features. The semantics of nicknames, their origins and common connotations are examined in greater detail.
Ilona Mickienė, Rita Baranauskienė
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Medieval English Nicknames and Surnames with Christian Associations [PDF]

Вопросы ономастики, 2020
The article surveys Medieval English nicknames and the derivative modern surnames carrying Christian associations through their motivation. Most commonly, these nicknames would originally refer to a clerical order or office (e.g.
Vladislav V. Alpatov
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Nick – tożsamość w Internecie [PDF]

Język. Religia. Tożsamość, 2021
Nicknames, also treated as usernames, pseudonyms or as a subclass of pseudonyms, denote non-official personal names in German. They are names given by people themselves and therefore mostly self-chosen and not adopted by others in digital network ...
Joanna Dubiec-Stach
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Nickname Usage in an American High School

Names, 1983
In reply to a questionnaire, 114 boys and 149 girls in a suburban, public high school in the northeastern United States reported on their nicknames. Of the boys, 55% reported having nicknames; of the girls, 40%.
Thomas V. Busse
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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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Machine Learning Approaches to Identify Nicknames from A Statewide Health Information Exchange [PDF]

, 2019
Patient matching is essential to minimize fragmentation of patient data. Existing patient matching efforts often do not account for nickname use. We sought to develop decision models that could identify true nicknames using features representing the ...
Grannis, Shaun J., Kasthurirathne, Suranga N.   +1 more
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