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Naming Taboos

Naming Taboos is a cultural practice in which the use of certain names—particularly those of ancestors, deities, or revered individuals—is prohibited or restricted to avoid offense, misfortune, or spiritual repercussions.

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923

Citations

38

Authors

14

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

4

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Publications

23

Taboo word fluency and knowledge of slurs and general pejoratives: deconstructing the poverty-of-vocabulary myth

Kristin L. Jay, Timothy Jay · Language Sciences · 2015 · 89 citations

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Areal cultural scripts for social interaction in West African communities

Felix K. Ameka, Anneke Breedveld · Intercultural Pragmatics · 2004 · 87 citations · Full text

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Are you really cursing? Neural processing of taboo words in native and foreign language

Simone Sulpizio, Michelle Toti, Nicola Del Maschio et al. · Brain and Language · 2019 · 79 citations · Full text

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Name Taboos and Rigid Performativity

Luke Fleming · Anthropological Quarterly · 2011 · 68 citations

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Avoiding their names - avoiding their eyes: How Kambaata women respect their in‐laws

Yvonne Treis · HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) · 2008 · 64 citations

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Authors

38

  1. TJ
    Timothy Jay

    Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, United States

    3 publications · 174 citations

    3

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  2. KL
    Kristin L. Jay

    Marist University, United States

    2 publications · 140 citations

    2

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  3. MF
    Maurice Flurie

    Temple University, United States

    1 publications · 12 citations

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  4. JH
    Joseph H. Danks

    Kent State University, United States

    1 publications · 34 citations

    1

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  5. AK
    Alexandra Kelly

    Temple University, United States

    1 publications · 12 citations

    1

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Institutions

14

  1. Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts

    North Adams, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    263 citations

  2. Marist University

    Town of Poughkeepsie, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    140 citations

  3. Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics

    Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    87 citations

  4. Langage, langues et cultures d'Afrique

    Villejuif, France

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    64 citations

  5. Temple University

    Philadelphia, United States

    1 h-index

    7 publications

    84 citations

  6. Max Planck Society

    Munich, Germany

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    87 citations

  7. Loughborough University

    Loughborough, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    51 citations

  8. University of Trento

    Trento, Italy

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    79 citations

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Venues

  1. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review

    2 publications · 53 citations

    2

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  2. Language

    2 publications · 31 citations

    2

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  3. Anthropological Quarterly

    AQ · 2 publications · 87 citations

    2

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  4. Anthropological linguistics

    2 publications · 73 citations

    2

    h-index

  5. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 2 publications · 60 citations

    2

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