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Tension and Extension: Thoughts on Scottish Surnames and Medieval Popular Culture

Author(s) -

Nicolainsen W. F. H.

Publication year - 1980

Publication title -

the journal of popular culture

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.238

H-Index - 24

eISSN - 1540-5931

pISSN - 0022-3840

DOI - 10.1111/j.0022-3840.1980.1401_119.x

Subject(s) - kinship , extension (predicate logic) , prehistory , history , genealogy , sociology , anthropology , archaeology , computer science , programming language

The answer to the question “What's in a name?” is plenty, according to W.F.H. Nicolaisen in his essay on Scottish surnames and what they can tell us of medieval popular culture. Place names, for example, often provide information about prehistoric strata and come to be equivalent in significance to material items which provide archeological insight into cultures. Surnames, when tied to place names, can give us information on migrations, while other types of names reveal occupational histories. and patterns of kinship. The very act of naming has both communal and personal importance and can yield significant socio‐cultural data.

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