Seeing the World through the Onomastic Lens
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Seeing the World through the Onomastic Lens

Xitsonga Anthroponyms and Toponyms

  1. 414 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Seeing the World through the Onomastic Lens

Xitsonga Anthroponyms and Toponyms

About this book

Originating from discussions at the 2018 Names Society of Southern Africa (NSSA) Conference, the scholarly work Seeing the World through the Onomastic Lens: Xitsonga Anthroponyms and Toponyms meticulously explores the onomastics of the understudied Xitsonga language. The book compiles chapters that significantly advance the understanding of personal names (anthroponyms), place names (toponyms), and ethnonyms within the community. It incisively examines the diverse facets of Vatsonga naming practices, illuminating the cultural and social forces shaping personal naming trends. Moreover, the volume investigates the craft of character naming in modern literature, demonstrating how authors employ Xitsonga names to enrich characterization and narrative progression. This linguistically reflective and explorative book serves as a key resource for students and practitioners in linguistic studies, African studies, social anthropology, policy studies, history, and onomastics.

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Information

Publisher
Langaa RPCIG
Year
2025
eBook ISBN
9789956003730
Edition
0
Topic
Social Sciences
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Front cover
  2. Title page
  3. Copyright
  4. Notes on Editors and Contributors
  5. Editors
  6. Contributors
  7. Table of Contents
  8. Introduction | Seeing the World through the Onomastic Lens
  9. 1 | Developments in Xitsonga and Onomastics as a Field of Research
  10. 2 | Fingerprints of Identity: Reflections on Xitsonga Names and Naming Practices
  11. 3 | Xitsonga Personal Names and Naming Practices: Past and Present Dynamics
  12. 4 | What’s In a Derogatory Nickname? The Case of VaTsonga
  13. 5 | A Description on Derogatory and Self-Selected Nicknames among Vatsonga: An Onomastic Approach
  14. 6 | The Impact of the Practice of Learners Nicknaming Teachers on Learners’ Academic Performance: A Case for Socio-Onomastics
  15. 7 | Names, Places and Ethnicity: An Onomastic Navigation of the Zimbabwean Vatsonga’s Ideological Undercurrents
  16. 8 | Nicknames and Their Significance In Xitsonga Anthroponyms: The Case of N’wamatatani Village
  17. 9 | Character Naming and Plot Development in Contemporary Literature: Xitsonga Literary Corpus as a Case in Point
  18. 10 | Intimacy and Identity Continuance or Loss in African Cultural Orientations: Reflections on the Use of Teknonyms and Patronyms Among the VaTsonga
  19. 11 | Dog Naming as a Social ‘War Zone’: Trends and Traditions in Tsonga Nomenclature
  20. 12 | Names as ‘Magic Portions’ in Stress-Laden Situations: Multiplex Discernments in Multi-Disciplinary Domains
  21. 13 | Misrepresentation of Xitsonga and Language and Culture
  22. 14 | Ethnonymic Tags Given to Vatsonga of Southern Africa: A Socio-Onomastic Study
  23. 15 | The Origin of the Ethnonym ‘VaTsonga’
  24. 16 | Xitsonga Orthography
  25. 17 | Xitsonga Phonetics
  26. 18 | The Morpho-Semantic Analysis of Some Dog Names Among the VaTsonga
  27. Back cover