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General properties of naming, and a specific case of nicknaming in the Scottish Outer Hebrides
Ethnos • 41 • Published In 1976 • Pages: 99-115
By: Parman, Susan.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This paper is concerned with the use of formal names, particularly nicknames, as terms of reference rather than address in the Scottish Outer Hebrides. Situational factors which trigger the use of alternative names are discussed. The focus in this report is the village of Shawbost on Lewis.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Personal names
- Naming
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Highland Scots
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1995
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Europe
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- British Isles
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; M. Marcus
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1970-1971
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Village of Shawbost, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] Susan Parman
- Bibliography: p. 114
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Highlands (Scotland)