Open AccessA Preliminary Study on the Nicknames of the FIFA National Football Teams
Author(s) -
Feng Wang,
Zhang Shuyue,
Chen Cheng
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
names
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.2
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 1756-2279
pISSN - 0027-7738
DOI - 10.1080/00277738.2020.1751457
Subject(s) - football , football team , variation (astronomy) , political science , law , physics , astrophysics
This study examines 315 nicknames of all the 211 FIFA national football teams (NFTs) as of January 2020. A preliminary analysis of these nicknames shows that they have statistically significant differences, suggesting subtle intercultural variation worthy of further investigation. It is hoped that this initial foray into these nicknames will inspire in-depth academic research at the continental and intercontinental levels.