Prejudice and Pronunciation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8727952 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John M Lipski (0000-0003-1110-2697, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1976 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 1/2 |
| Pages | 109-109 |
| Publication date | 1976-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Speech (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-1283 • E-ISSN: 1527-2133 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/455361 |
| OpenAlex | W2319215961 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 1 |
PERSONAL NAMES, being verbal forms by which we identify ourselves to others, have more value than the mere communicative function that is common to all words. Since a name represents the individual to whom it refers, it is intimately and indissolubly associated with all his other characteristics. Thus it is virtually impossible to consider any personal name objectively, for the myriad associations of the name intervene to produce a subjective bias.' The connotations of a name are greatest when it refers to an individual who is known to us. For example, Richard Nixon, Fidel Castro, and Raquel Welch immediately evoke a field of associated images and connotations. Such values may adhere even to the constituent parts of a proper name; thus, Fidel,2 Raquel, Nixon, all of which as individual names potentially apply to numerous individuals, continue to carry with them the associations derived from their application to well-known persons. The most common given names in a language acquire their connotations, not from famous individuals, however, but from persons bearing these names with whom speakers have everyday contact. A number of recent studies bear witness to the semantic potential of given names;3 and each individual has, perhaps only implicitly, formed his own value judgments and connotations for frequently occurring first names, at least superficially without reference to
Linguistics · Prejudice (legal term · Pronunciation · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Names, Identity, and Discrimination Research · Psychology · Philosophy · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.13 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2011 - 2023 (13) |
| Highly cited | No |