Nickname creation through shortening Setswana personal names

IF 0.4 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS
Thapelo J Otlogetswe, Goabilwe N Ramaeba
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Abstract

This article discusses the changing patterns of nickname formation among the Batswana people. It argues that traditionally, Setswana nicknames were formed in line with Setswana phonotactics. However, with the influence of English, which has official status in Botswana, South Africa and Zimbabwe, Setswana nicknames are now formed by shortening them in line with English phonotactics. The data for this study were collected from social media. Eight different strategies of nickname formation which all follow English phonotactics are identified and discussed. The study uses a Zipfian hypothesis to explain the shortening of Setswana names. It argues that names are shortened to create nicknames because of their frequency of usage in line with the Zipfian law of abbreviation.
通过缩短塞茨瓦纳人名创建昵称
本文讨论了巴特瓦纳人昵称形成的变化模式。它认为,传统上,塞茨瓦纳人的昵称是根据塞茨瓦纳人的发音策略形成的。然而,在博茨瓦纳、南非和津巴布韦拥有官方地位的英语的影响下,塞茨瓦纳语的昵称现在是根据英语发音策略缩短的。这项研究的数据来自社交媒体。识别并讨论了八种不同的昵称形成策略,它们都遵循了英语表音策略。这项研究使用齐普法假说来解释Setswana名称的缩短。它认为,名字被缩短是为了创造昵称,因为它们的使用频率符合Zipfian缩写定律。
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期刊介绍: The South African Journal of African Languages is a peer-reviewed research journal devoted to the advancement of African (Bantu) and Khoi-San languages and literatures. Papers, book reviews and polemic contributions of a scientific nature in any of the core areas of linguistics, both theoretical (e.g. syntax, phonology, semantics) and applied (e.g. sociolinguistic topics, language teaching, language policy), and literature, based on original research in the context of the African languages, are welcome. The journal is the official mouthpiece of the African Language Association of Southern Africa (ALASA), established in 1979.
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