Familiennamen als Basis der Spitznamenbildung. Ein deutsch-schwedischer Vergleich

Kürschner S (2014)


Publication Language: German

Publication Type: Book chapter / Article in edited volumes

Publication year: 2014

Publisher: Olms

Edited Volumes: Linguistik der Familiennamen

Series: = Germanistische Linguistik 225–227

City/Town: Hildesheim/Zürich/New York:

Pages Range: 441–473

Abstract

In both German and Swedish, the formation of nicknames is often based on a person’s legal name. The paper compares nicknames derived from family names such as German Mülli < Müller and Swedish Dalle < Dahlqvist. A corpus of such nicknames and corresponding family names is assembled from player profiles found on the websites of amateur sports teams. It is shown that both languages prefer bisyllabic, trochaic nicknames, mostly resulting from shortening and suffixation. Expressive marking is achieved by the use of the i-suffix in German and by expressive geminates in Swedish. Although many family names are transparent with respect to other lexical units, most of the nicknames are opaque. Interestingly, the use of family names as a basis of nicknames is most often found with men in German, while Swedish shows a more balanced picture between the sexes.

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APA:

Kürschner, S. (2014). Familiennamen als Basis der Spitznamenbildung. Ein deutsch-schwedischer Vergleich. In Debus Friedhelm, Heuser Rita, Nübling Damaris (Hrg.), Linguistik der Familiennamen. (S. 441–473). Hildesheim/Zürich/New York:: Olms.

MLA:

Kürschner, Sebastian. "Familiennamen als Basis der Spitznamenbildung. Ein deutsch-schwedischer Vergleich." Linguistik der Familiennamen. Hrg. Debus Friedhelm, Heuser Rita, Nübling Damaris, Hildesheim/Zürich/New York:: Olms, 2014. 441–473.

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