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Nickname Formation

Nickname Formation is a linguistic construct that systematically generates informal, context-specific personal designations through phonological, semantic, or social modifications of original names within children's peer discourse.

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The Sociolinguistic Basis of Yoruba Personal Names.

F. Niyi Akinnaso · Anthropological linguistics · 1980 · 84 citations

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Virtual Community Presence in Internet Relay Chatting

Geoffrey Liu · Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication · 2006 · 72 citations

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Personal Names that Became Ethnic Epithets

Irving Lewis Allen · Names · 1983 · 24 citations · Full text

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Linguistic Memory and the Politics of U.S. English

John Trimbur · College English · 2006 · 22 citations

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Village Modernization and Changing Nicknaming Practices in Northern Spain

Richard A. Barrett · Journal of Anthropological Research · 1978 · 14 citations

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Authors

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  1. JK
    James K. Skipper

    The University of Texas at Austin, United States

    1 publications · 10 citations

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  2. JT
    John Trimbur

    Worcester Polytechnic Institute, United States

    1 publications · 22 citations

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  3. FN
    F. Niyi Akinnaso

    University at Albany, State University of New York, United States

    1 publications · 84 citations

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  4. RD
    Robert D. Ecker

    Mayo Clinic, United States

    1 publications · 12 citations

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  5. RA
    Richard A. Barrett

    1 publications · 14 citations

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Institutions

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  1. University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

    Honolulu, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    72 citations

  2. Center for Excellence in Education

    McLean, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    72 citations

  3. University of North Carolina at Greensboro

    Greensboro, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    10 citations

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  1. Names

    1 publications · 24 citations

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  2. Linguistik Online

    1 publications · 12 citations

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  3. Sociological Spectrum

    1 publications · 10 citations

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  4. Journal of Anthropological Research

    1 publications · 14 citations

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  5. College English

    1 publications · 22 citations

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