Wasu to Samaz: collective identity in Manyika nicknames
This paper explores linguistic innovation and onomastic aspects around the nicknames 'Samaz’ and ‘Wasu’. It goes on to examine place names like Samanyika and its derivatives in popular discourse. Nicknames are statements of identity and the identity can be collective or individual. Among these...
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| description | This paper explores linguistic innovation and onomastic aspects around the nicknames 'Samaz’ and ‘Wasu’. It goes on to examine place names like Samanyika and its derivatives in popular discourse. Nicknames are
statements of identity and the identity can be collective or individual. Among these are issues of standardization, orality and phonological innovation of the nickname. Besides being derogatory and satirical,
nicknames carry connotations and inherently own informal qualities of linguistic structure coupled with the phonetic sound. It is on the basis of a nickname that many positive and negative onomastic assumptions
about the bearer can be inferred, as will be shown in the paper. |
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| spelling | ir-11408-14982022-06-27T13:49:05Z Wasu to Samaz: collective identity in Manyika nicknames LASU Conference/Workshop (10th : 2009 : Roma, Lesotho) Pfukwa, Charles Viriri, Advice African languages, linguistic innovation This paper explores linguistic innovation and onomastic aspects around the nicknames 'Samaz’ and ‘Wasu’. It goes on to examine place names like Samanyika and its derivatives in popular discourse. Nicknames are statements of identity and the identity can be collective or individual. Among these are issues of standardization, orality and phonological innovation of the nickname. Besides being derogatory and satirical, nicknames carry connotations and inherently own informal qualities of linguistic structure coupled with the phonetic sound. It is on the basis of a nickname that many positive and negative onomastic assumptions about the bearer can be inferred, as will be shown in the paper. 2016-06-06T10:58:10Z 2016-06-06T10:58:10Z 2011 Book chapter 978-999116790-9 http://hdl.handle.net/11408/1498 en Proceedings of the 10th LASU Conference, Roma, Lesotho, 25-27 November 2009 : language contact, identity and socio-economic mobility / edited by Alison Love [et al.];p. 427- 438 open National University of Lesotho |
| spellingShingle | African languages, linguistic innovation Pfukwa, Charles Viriri, Advice Wasu to Samaz: collective identity in Manyika nicknames |
| title | Wasu to Samaz: collective identity in Manyika nicknames |
| title_full | Wasu to Samaz: collective identity in Manyika nicknames |
| title_fullStr | Wasu to Samaz: collective identity in Manyika nicknames |
| title_full_unstemmed | Wasu to Samaz: collective identity in Manyika nicknames |
| title_short | Wasu to Samaz: collective identity in Manyika nicknames |
| title_sort | wasu to samaz: collective identity in manyika nicknames |
| topic | African languages, linguistic innovation |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11408/1498 |
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