Sociolinguistic Studies (Vol.13) "African anthroponyms: Sociolinguistic currents and anthropological reflections"

Table of contents

Issue 13.2-4 (2019)

Guest Editors: Eyo Mensah and Kirsty Rowan


Guest Editorial: African anthroponyms: Sociolinguistic currents and anthropological reflections
Eyo Mensah , Kirsty Rowan
Pages 157-170

Articles

In the name of the father-in-law: Pastoralism, patriarchy and the sociolinguistic prehistory of eastern and southern Africa Luke Fleming , Alice Mitchell , Isabelle Ribot
171-192

Onomastic strategies: A pragmatic approach to the use of personal names among the Kabye of northern Togo Atoma Batoma
193-208

Aspects of traditional Tiv naming practices: A sociocultural account Eyo Mensah , Kirsty Rowan , Akase Tiav , Jighjigh Ishima
209-230

Ideology and identity construction in Ibibio personal names Eniola Boluwaduro 
Pages 231-250

Yoruba personal naming system: Traditions, patterns and practices Gbenga Fakuade , Joseph Friday-Otun , Hezekiah Adeosun
Pages 251-271

Onomastics and translation: The case of Bette-English translation of death-related names Samson Nzuanke , Zana Akpagu
Pages 273-294

I cannot baptize Satan: The communicative import of Mbube death-prevention names Jonas Akung , Oshega Abang
Pages 295-311

Naming and social identity: A case study of male praise names in Awgbu Igbo Patience Solomon-Etefia , Amaka Ideh
Pages 313-333

Personal names as communicative tools in Tshivenḓa: Cultural-historical perspectives Itani Peter Mandende , Mzwamadoda Phillip Cekiso , Christopher Rwodzi
Pages 335-355

Naming and the reconstruction of female identity in Bette-Obudu Liwhu Betiang
Pages 357-378

English ‘non-name’ address forms in the non-native sociolinguistic context: The case study of the Akan of Ghana Yaw Sekyi-Baidoo
Pages 379-397

Reviews

The Routledge Handbook of Arabic Linguistics by Elabbas Benmamoun and Reem Bassiouney, (eds), (2018) Silvia de Pompeis
Pages 399-405

Linguistic Ethnography of a Multilingual Call Center: London Calling by Johanna Woydack (2019)
Grace Fay Cooper
Pages 407-411

The Reconstruction of Modality in Chinese-English Government Press Conference Interpreting by Xin Li (2019)
Yufei Yan , Zhongqing He
Pages 413-416

Dogri and its Dialects: A Comparative Study of Kandi and Pahari Dogri by Kamaldeep Kaur and Amitabh Vikram Dwivedi (2019) Ayushi Ayushi
Pages 417-425

Acknowledgements

Editor-in-Chief’s acknowledgements - Xoán Paulo Rodríguez-Yáñez
Page 427