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Personal names and naming from an anthropological-linguistic perspective
Title
Personal names and naming from an anthropological-linguistic perspective [electronic resource] / edited by Sambulo Ndlovu.
ISBN
3110759292
9783110759297
3110759179
9783110759174
Publication
Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2023]
Physical Description
1 online resource.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 11, 2023
Series
Anthropological linguistics ; volume 4
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Intro
Preface
Contents
List of figures
List of maps
List of tables
Chapter 1 Introduction: The cultural aspect of personal names
Section One: The ethnopragmatics of anthroponyms
Chapter 2 'Father of the spotted cow': Hamar titles and their connection to cattle appearance
Chapter 3 The shell and the essence: Name transfer among the Hinihon
Chapter 4 Personal names and motivations for name-giving in western Paraná state, Brazil
Chapter 5 Nicknames as a socio-cultural phenomenon among Lithuanian youth
Section Two: Personal naming and cultural transissions
Chapter 6 The naming gamble: Unique versus common given names
Chapter 7 From "sprinkling" a blessing to audaciously appropriating a name: Some reflections concerning personal names and naming in the central highlands of Madagascar
Chapter 8 Organising diversity: Naming groups and their languages in Indigenous Australia
Chapter 9 Names they left behind: Remembering the times with the White farmers in some parts of Chimanimani and Chipinge in Zimbabwe
Section Three: Anthroponyms as religious belief and practice
Chapter 10 This baby's name is 'Leaf' or 'Garbage heap': Reading the figurative in selected death prevention names among the Bakonzo
Chapter 11 Tibetan elements in spirit names in Dongbaism and Dabaism
Chapter 12 The appropriation of animal names as personal names in Ibibio and Tiv onomastic traditions in Nigeria: An ethnopragmatic study
Chapter 13 A structural study of Basà death prevention names
Section Four: Cultural implications in anthroponym typology
Chapter 14 Typology and motivations for Azerbaijani personal names
Chapter 15 The grammar of personal names in Saaroa
Chapter 16 Personal names and naming in Tongan language and culture
Chapter 17 A descriptive account of the modern Mazahuan onomastic system
Chapter 18 Gender intimations in the morphology of some Ndebele personal names
Notes on contributors
Index
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