An Anthropology of Names and Naming

by Barbara Bodenhorn and Gabriele vom Bruck

This book is about personal names, something of abiding interest to specialists and lay readers alike. Over a million people have checked the American Name Society website since 1996, for instance. Many philosophers and linguists suggest that names are 'just' labels, but parents internationally are determined to get their children's names 'right'. Personal names may be given, lost, traded, stolen and inherited. This collection of essays provides comparative...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052112171X
• ISBN13: 9780521121712
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"