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the structural and demographic implications of nicknames in Navanogal, Spain 1
Author(s) -
BRANDES STANLEY H.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
american ethnologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.875
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1548-1425
pISSN - 0094-0496
DOI - 10.1525/ae.1975.2.1.02a00080
Subject(s) - range (aeronautics) , distribution (mathematics) , geography , population , function (biology) , genealogy , economic geography , demography , sociology , history , mathematics , biology , evolutionary biology , mathematical analysis , materials science , composite material
This paper examines the distribution and function of nicknames in a Castilian mountain village. It seeks to show that nicknames can only be understood through analyzing the different ways they are employed among discrete segments of the community. Comparative data are used to determine why nicknames seem to flourish only in communities of a limited population range.