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Socjologiczne uwarunkowania nazw osobowych w utworach Adolfa Dygasińskiego Cz. 3: Przezwiska [PDF]

open access: yesAnnales Universitatis Paedagogicae Cracoviensis. Studia Linguistica, 2017
In works by Adolf Dygasiński are numerous nicknames – unofficial personal names of literary heroes. They are differentiated according to sociological circles of these heroes.
Edward Stachurski
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Nicknames among Swati clans: A socio-cultural analysis [PDF]

open access: yesLiterator
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   +2 more
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INFORMAL ANTHROPONYMICON OF VILLAGES: TRANSONYMIZATED NICKNAMES

open access: yesЗаписки 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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Graphic Models of Nicknames in the German-Speaking Internet-Space

open access: yesВестник Волгоградского государственного университета: Серия 2. Языкознание, 2015
The object of the study is a specific anthroponymic element of the onomastic system in German – the network name (nickname) and its representation in the German section of the Internet.
Viktoriya Viktorovna Kazyaba
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Indigenous Knowledge in Acholi Nicknames [PDF]

open access: yesRegional Journal of Information and Knowledge Management, 2017
Rationale of Study – Nicknames are a cultural experience. In some contexts, they are perceived as ‘little’ names that are different from ‘official’ names. Therefore, a nickname is a part of personal identity.
J.P. Odoch Pido
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Nicknames in Australian secondary schools: Insights into nicknames and adolescent views of self [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Although it is widely known that language practices can significantly affect adolescent self-image, research studies on adolescent naming practices are surprisingly scarce.
Leech, Kerry-Taylor   +4 more
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On the Trail of Creativity: Dimensionality of Divergent Thinking and Its Relation With Cognitive Abilities, Personality, and Insight

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Personality, EarlyView., 2020
Abstract Divergent thinking (DT) is an important constituent of creativity that captures aspects of fluency and originality. The literature lacks multivariate studies that report relationships between DT and its aspects with relevant covariates, such as cognitive abilities, personality traits (e.g. openness), and insight. In two multivariate studies (N 
S. Weiss   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nicknames of American Civil War Generals

open access: yesNames, 2004
This study examines the nicknames of American Civil War Generals. Beyond categorizing these names in terms of “external” physical or behavioral characteristics, and “internal” word play, this analysis offers a context and a semantic paradigm for ...
Ernest L. Abel
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Onomastics of Aleksinac's village of Korman [PDF]

open access: yesZbornik Radova Filozofskog Fakulteta u Prištini
This paper presents the onomastic material from Korman, a village located in the northwestern part of Pomoravlje of Aleksinac. After some remarks about the village itself, the paper contains a list of microtoponyms as well as a list of anthroponyms ...
Stefanović Dušan R.
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Nicknames and Surnames; Neglected Origins of Family Names, Especially Surnames Derived from Inn Signs

open access: yesNames, 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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