English Surnames Derived from Nicknames

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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
English Surnames Derived from Nicknames
Original language description
Surnames derived from nicknames form a sizeable and vastly heterogeneous and colourful group within English surnames. They record what medieval people noticed about other people: physical attributes or peculiarities, mental and moral characteristics, supposed resemblance to animals or birds, or usage of favourite phrases or words. They may have been given to express irony, to ridicule or to please. Drawing predominantly on professor Reaney’s extensive work, in combination with inspiration from the Czech surnames, the article deals in detail with five groups into which English surnames which originated from nicknames may be divided. The four aforementioned large groups are completed with the fifth one, comprised of several smaller subgroups, containing nicknames from trees, plants, coins, time or those with obscene connotations to name at least some of them.
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Publication year
2021
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Book/collection name
Twenty-First Century Perspectives on Text Analysis/Perspektiven der Textanalyse im 21. Jahrhundert
ISBN
9788075104816
Number of pages of the result
22
Pages from-to
55-76
Number of pages of the book
248
Publisher name
Slezská univerzita v Opavě
Place of publication
Opava
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