Anthroponymy
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Anthroponymy (or anthroponomastics) is the study of the names of human beings.[1] The study of anthroponyms (from Ancient Greek ἄνθρωπος anthrōpos, 'human' and ὄνομα onoma, 'name') is a branch of onomastics. Linguists and researchers in many other fields take part in anthroponymic studies, including anthropologists,[citation needed] historians,[2] political geographers [3] and genealogists.
Subdivisions of anthroponymy include:
- Given names
- Surnames
- Clan names
- Matronyms
- Patronyms
- Mononyms
- Eponyms
- Teknonyms
- Nicknames
- Demonyms
- Ethnonyms
See also
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- Personal name
- Ancient Greek personal names
- Bilingual tautological anthroponyms
- Exonym and endonym
- Toponymy
- Suffix onym
References
- ^ Robert Fossier (2010). The Axe and the Oath: Ordinary Life in the Middle Ages. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. p. 34. ISBN 978-1-4008-3614-7.
- ^ Ziolkowska, Magdalena (2011). "Anthroponomy as an Element Identifying National Minority" (PDF). Eesti Ja Soome-ugri Keeleteaduse Ajakiri. Journal of Estonian and Finno-Ugric Linguistics (ESUKA – JEFUL). 2 (1): 383–398.
- ^ Rodríguez, Francisco Javier Pérez. (March 4, 2012). Review of Anthroponymie et migrations dans la chrétienté médiévale (Anthroponymy and Migration in Medieval Christianity) edited by Monique Bourin and Pascual Martínez Sopena. The Medieval Review. Indiana University. Retrieved September 11, 2017.
Sources
- Fraser, Peter M. (2000). "Ethnics as Personal Names". Greek Personal Names: Their Value as Evidence (PDF). Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 149–157.
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(help) - Roberts, Michael (2017). "The Semantics of Demonyms in English". The Semantics of Nouns. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 205–220.
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