"What's my name?" Toward a Generative Anthroponomastics.
The article explores the generative anthroponomastics of proper names especially the name of retired American boxer Mohammed Ali. It indicates that the given name of Ali is Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. It stresses that the rename of Ali incorporates a religious dimension with no show business motivati...
| Published in: | Anthropoetics: The Journal of Generative Anthropology Vol. 15; no. 1; pp. 1 - 7 |
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Anthropoetics: The Journal of Generative Anthropology
Fall2009
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| Summary: | The article explores the generative anthroponomastics of proper names especially the name of retired American boxer Mohammed Ali. It indicates that the given name of Ali is Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. It stresses that the rename of Ali incorporates a religious dimension with no show business motivations of entertainers. It states that the rename of Mohammed Ali exemplifies the problematics of naming and proves that names symbolize the originary identification of the bearer's individual essence. |
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