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Project

An analysis of the link between name and identity, with specific reference to Xhosa

Outputs and Outcomes

Code

01T00508

Duration

01 August 2008 → 28 February 2009

Funding

Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund

Promotor

Stef Slembrouck

Research disciplines

Humanities and the arts
- Language studies
- Linguistics
- Literary studies

Keywords

Xhosa onomastics identity

Project description

Main aim of this project is to establish whether names (first names, surnames, nicknames) play a role in one's understanding of 'oneself' as well as of 'the other' in a multicultural and multilingual context such as that found on the campus of the University of the Western Cape, South Africa. About 800 questionnaires are analysed to that intent.

English

Dutch

English

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