Naming and labelling contexts of cultural importance in Africa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22030152 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bertie Neethling (0000-0002-6455-7022, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz), Sambulo Ndlovu (0000-0002-4664-1909, University of South Africa), Nico Nassenstein (0000-0001-9530-2949, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 145-150 |
| Publication date | 2023-12-31 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Language and Culture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2214-3157 • E-ISSN: 2214-3165 |
| Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1075/ijolc.00047.vol |
| OpenAlex | W4396629840 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 7 |
Names are a fundamental linguistic and semiotic phenomenon, which is deeply embedded in particular sociocultural contexts.The practice of name giving, as well as the meaning of names, strongly depends on specific environments and contexts, and is part of the most complex fields in human society and cultural practice.This special issue focuses on naming and labelling entities of cultural importance in various African settings.While anthroponyms (Mensah & Rowen 2020; Ndlovu 2023), ethnonyms (UNESCO 1984; Leyew 2024), glottonyms (Mitchell & Zimmermann 2024; Leyew 2024), and toponyms (Bigon 2016; Ngo 2009) range amongst the better researched fields of study in African onomastics 1and, more recently, naming in the context of (de)colonial practice and thought (Ndlovu 2022) -the naming, branding, and labelling of "cultural daily life contexts and environments" has been less in the focus of academic attention (with a few exceptions; see for instance Knipping, in preparation).Most probably this is because these processes go rather unnoticed, and because people potentially address these practices less often in their interactions, or question the names of cultural practices, items, products, and the things they use in daily life less often than one might expect.Likewise, these types of names and labels are to a lesser extent "prototypically" onomastic -representing a broader spectrum of heterogenous examples, neatly bound to specific contexts.Equally, overview works in the anthropology of naming seldom contain data or analyses of such labelling or naming processes beyond the aforementioned major strands (see, e.g
Labelling · Linguistics · Social science · Sociology · African history and culture analysis · African history and culture studies · Philosophy · Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |