SOME ASPECTS OF THE FORM OF PERSONAL NAMES.
The aspects of the phenomenon of dropping pre-ultimate given names are examined. Such practices date from about the middle of the 19th century among prominent persons. In the United States, persons who have, or use only first name and surname usually write out both names in public contexts. Feminin...
| Publicado en: | American Speech Vol. 33; no. 2; pp. 35 - 46 |
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Duke University Press
May58 Part 2
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| Sumario: | The aspects of the phenomenon of dropping pre-ultimate given names are examined. Such practices date from about the middle of the 19th century among prominent persons. In the United States, persons who have, or use only first name and surname usually write out both names in public contexts. Feminine names are also seen in public contexts exemplified n the Program of the 56th annual meeting of the Modern Language Association of America on December 1938. Patterns of name modifications are also compared in the United States and in Great Britain. The possible number of permutations of initials and unreduced forms is increased with three given names. Finally, all three given names may be reduced to initials in some cases. |
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