Anthroponymy

Anthroponomastics (or anthroponymy), is a branch of onomastics, and is the study of anthroponyms (<Gk. [ἄνθρωπος] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: grc-gre (help) anthropos, 'human', + [ὄνομα] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: grc-gre (help) onoma, 'name'), the names of human beings.^[1]

As well as linguists, researchers in many fields take part in anthroponymic studies, including anthropologists,^[2] historians,^[3] political geographers^[4] and genealogists.

The subdivisions of anthroponymy include:

References

^ Robert Fossier (2 August 2010). The Axe and the Oath: Ordinary Life in the Middle Ages. Princeton University Press. pp. 34–. ISBN 1-4008-3614-X.
^ Oliviu Felecan (15 March 2012). Name and Naming: Synchronic and Diachronic Perspectives. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. pp. 18–. ISBN 978-1-4438-3807-8.
^ "ANTHROPONYMY AS AN ELEMENT IDENTIFYING NATIONAL MINORITY". Magdelena Ziolkowska, Esuka - Jeful 2011, 2-1, 383-398.
^ "Review of ' Anthroponymie et migrations dans la chrétienté médiévale.'. Medieval Review, 2012 Francisco Javier Pérez Rodríguez

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[Fossier2010-1] Robert Fossier (2 August 2010). The Axe and the Oath: Ordinary Life in the Middle Ages. Princeton University Press. pp. 34–. ISBN 1-4008-3614-X.

[Felecan2012-2] Oliviu Felecan (15 March 2012). Name and Naming: Synchronic and Diachronic Perspectives. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. pp. 18–. ISBN 978-1-4438-3807-8.

[3] "ANTHROPONYMY AS AN ELEMENT IDENTIFYING NATIONAL MINORITY". Magdelena Ziolkowska, Esuka - Jeful 2011, 2-1, 383-398.

[4] "Review of ' Anthroponymie et migrations dans la chrétienté médiévale.'. Medieval Review, 2012 Francisco Javier Pérez Rodríguez

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