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Susan M Suzman

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ID163922
NAMESusan M Suzman
GIVEN NAMESSusan M
FAMILY NAMESuzman
SIGNATURESUZMAN S M
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of the Witwatersrand
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS2
TOTAL CITATIONS20
WORKS AS AUTHOR2
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1987
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR1994
H-INDEX1
  • Names as pointers

    Open Access•Susan M Suzman•ARTICLE•Language in Society•1994•Cited by: 20•References: 4

    Children in many African societies have meaningful names – unlike their Western counterparts, whose names are primarily labels. In Zulu, Xhosa, Sotho, Tswana, and many other cultures, namegivers traditionally chose personal names that pointed to a range of people and circumstances that were relevant at the time of the child's birth. These highly individual or unique names were part of particular social frameworks that have long been evolving with…

  • Passives and prototypes in Zulu children's speech

    Susan M Suzman•ARTICLE•African Studies•1987•References: 8

    Etude sur les raisons de la frequence d'emploi des constructions passives ainsi que sur les situations d'enonciation ou elles apparaissent dans le langage des jeunes enfants Zoulous

  • Names as pointers

    Open Access•Susan M Suzman•ARTICLE•Language in Society•1994•Cited by: 20•References: 4

    Children in many African societies have meaningful names – unlike their Western counterparts, whose names are primarily labels. In Zulu, Xhosa, Sotho, Tswana, and many other cultures, namegivers traditionally chose personal names that pointed to a range of people and circumstances that were relevant at the time of the child's birth. These highly individual or unique names were part of particular social frameworks that have long been evolving with…

  • Passives and prototypes in Zulu children's speech

    Susan M Suzman•ARTICLE•African Studies•1987•References: 8

    Etude sur les raisons de la frequence d'emploi des constructions passives ainsi que sur les situations d'enonciation ou elles apparaissent dans le langage des jeunes enfants Zoulous

  • Names as pointers

    Open Access•Susan M Suzman•ARTICLE•Language in Society•1994•Cited by: 20•References: 4

    Children in many African societies have meaningful names – unlike their Western counterparts, whose names are primarily labels. In Zulu, Xhosa, Sotho, Tswana, and many other cultures, namegivers traditionally chose personal names that pointed to a range of people and circumstances that were relevant at the time of the child's birth. These highly individual or unique names were part of particular social frameworks that have long been evolving with…

Linguistics (2 works) · Zulu (2 works) · Acculturation (1 work) · African history and culture analysis (1 work) · Anthropology (1 work) · Art (1 work) · Ethnic group (1 work) · History (1 work) · Humanities (1 work) · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (1 work)

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