Nicknames: A qualitative exploration into the effect of nick-names on personal histories
This piece of qualitative research explores the impact of nicknames upon the researchers. The research shows that nicknames function positively and negatively, and can either disturb contact on the Gestalt Cycle or benefit contact.
Nick Bowles +3 more
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О mоrdоvskо-tаtаrskih kоntаktah v Pоvоlž'jе [On Mordvin-Tatar Contacts in the Volgaic Region; pp. 175-183 [PDF]
The article discusses the mutual relations of the Mordvin peoples (Erzyas and Mokshas) and the Tatars of the Volgaic region. Those relations are widely mani-fested in the respective languages (in the common vocabulary, in place names, incl. street names,
Vladimir Rogačev +2 more
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“The functional fallacy: on the supposed dangers of name repetition” [PDF]
Whenever the theme of personal naming comes up, both in academic debate and in public opinion, we encounter a tendency to take for granted that there is some sort of collective interest in the clear and unambiguous individuation of persons through ...
Pina-Cabral, Joao
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A NOMEAÇÃO LÚDICA E OS NOMES LÚDICOS: UMA ANÁLISE DO FUNCIONAMENTO SEMÂNTICO-ENUNCIATIVO DA APELIDAÇÃO E DOS APELIDOS DE PESSOA [PDF]
Em minha dissertação de mestrado (Castro 2013), analisei a apelidação e os apelidos de pessoa tendo como corpus a lista telefônica por apelidos do ano de 2011 dos moradores da cidade de Cláudio (MG), a Apelista 2011.
Vinícius Massad Castro
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The role of Personal Deixis in the short story "Dash Acol" by sadegh Hedayat
The study of Personal Deixis is one of the important aspects of language in the field of pragmatics. One of its most obvious features is dependence on subjectivity and context.
Biranda Abdulla Othman +1 more
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The Sociolinguistics of Sporting Nicknames: A Cross-Cultural Study of International Cricketers [PDF]
Nicknames function as a significant linguistic resource that encapsulates cultural values, social identities, and interpersonal dynamics. Within the realm of international cricket, these monikers extend beyond mere terms of endearment or informal labels ...
Respect Mlambo +2 more
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Personal Names that Became Ethnic Epithets
The inventory of generic nicknames for ethnic persons and groups, which have been used in American slang, dialects, and other popular speech, reflects the history of ethnic conflict in plural society.
Irving Lewis Allen
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From "Amerikanec" to "Židov". Personal Nicknames of the Kalnik Area of Prigorje [PDF]
U ovome se radu na temelju terenski prikupljene građe u 13 mjesta potkalničkoga Prigorja obrađuje 288 muških i ženskih osobnih nadimaka. Budući da na prostoru potkalničkoga Prigorja dosad nisu vršena istraživanja osobnih nadimaka, ovaj se rad prije svega
Puškar, Krunoslav
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Patronymic Models in Northern Russian Subdialects [PDF]
A patronymic is part of every Russian person’s name derived from the full name of its bearer’s father. In subdialects, the patronymic can be coined not only from the full father’s name, but also from its diminutive based on different word-formation ...
Irina B. Kachinskaya
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In the tax records of Stockholm from 1502 and 1503, a personal name appears which is interpreted in the dictionary of medieval personal names of Sweden (SMP) as a man’s name Hartvik or Hartika, written Gambla Artich ‘Old Hartvik’.
Lennart Ryman
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