Meandering Through the Name Maze

Authors

  • Mona Hargadine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17161/KWPL.1808.545

Keywords:

Onomastics, Names-- Psychological aspects

Abstract

Does an individual's personal name affect his self-perception or the way that others perceive him? A survey of some literature and research studies examining the psychodynamics of names and naming practices provides several interesting minor points on the subject, but major generalizations will remain elusive and indistinct so long as religious, economic, and physical factors are essentially inseparable from the naming process.

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How to Cite

Hargadine, . M. (1980). Meandering Through the Name Maze. Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics, 5, 47-56. https://doi.org/10.17161/KWPL.1808.545