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We Live Surrounded by Pigs: Naming the Space

Linguistik Online, 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.
Dan Ungureanu
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Nicknames of Kuwaiti Teenagers

Names, 2008
Although nicknaming among teenagers and nicknaming among Arab adults has been studied, nicknaming among Arab teenagers has not. Nicknames of their peers were collected from Kuwaiti teenagers, and Kuwaiti undergraduates judged the nicknames as derogatory,
Madeline Haggan
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Functional and Language Features of Nicknames of German-Speaking Users of Humorous Internet Sites

Развитие образования, 2020
The author of the article outlines that nicknames represent a relatively new linguistic phenomenon in virtual communication, which has been the subject of many contemporary studies.
Elena V. Zakharova
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Demosthenes's Nickname ἀργᾶς [PDF]

The Classical Review, 1905
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Nicknames of English Adolescents in South Africa

Names, 1997
This study reports on the nicknames of English-speaking adolescents in South Africa. It documents the nicknames and their origins and analyzes them in terms of the conditions under which they were coined and used.
Vivian de Klerk, Barbara Bosch
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Collective Nicknames of the Perm Region Residents

Вопросы ономастики, 2023
The article is the first part of the collaborative work studying Russian collective nicknames of the modern Perm Region. It aims to systematize the materials, analyze regional historiographical heritage and the sources of the studied units, explore the ...
Irina I. Rusinova, Alexander V. Chernykh
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The Malditas, The Filipinas, and The Azkals

Names
Nicknames in sports can serve a wide range of social and semantic functions. Assigning nicknames to athletes and teams can allow fans to identify with them.
Satwinder Rehal, Inez Z. Ponce de Leon
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Nicknames and Women Professional Baseball Players

Names, 1990
Although women in the general population tend to have fewer nicknames than men, women baseball players in the All-American Girls Baseball League, 1943–1954, were as likely as male baseball players to have public nicknames. This high percentage may be the
Brenda S. Wilson, James K. Skipper
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Power, Politeness, and the Pragmatics of Nicknames

Names, 2009
Nicknames distribute power within a social group: they can be imposed, or they can be used by agreement between namer and named. This is not the difference between political and apolitical uses of nicknames: agreement is a political act, the result of ...
Michael Adams
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A Preliminary Study on the Nicknames of the FIFA National Football Teams

Names, 2020
This study examines 315 nicknames of all the 211 FIFA national football teams (NFTs) as of January 2020. A preliminary analysis of these nicknames shows that they have statistically significant differences, suggesting subtle intercultural variation ...
Wang Feng, Zhang Shuyue, Chen Cheng
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