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What’s in an irish name? : a study of the personal naming systems of Irish and irish English

Content:

1. Introduction: The Irish Patronymic System Prior to 1600

2. Anglicisation Pressure

3. Anglicisation: 1600-1900
3.1. Phonetic Approximation
3.2. Simplification
3.3. Translation
3.4. Mistranslation
3.5. Equivalence with Existing English Surname
3.6. Multiplicity of Anglicised Forms
3.7. Anglicisation of Prefixes

4. The Call to De-Anglicise

5. Current Personal Naming Patterns in Ireland
5.1. Current Modern Irish

6. Traditional Naming: “X (Son/Daughter) of Y (Son/Daughter) of Z”

7. Nicknames

8. Conclusion

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:Potsdam/oai:kobv.de-opus-ubp:4093
Date January 2006
CreatorsMac Mathúna, Liam
PublisherUniversität Potsdam, Philosophische Fakultät. Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik
Source SetsPotsdam University
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeArticle
Formatapplication/pdf
Rightshttp://opus.kobv.de/ubp/doku/urheberrecht.php

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