Derogatory Forms of Personal Names in Omani Arabic  

Oleh:

Al Aghbari, Khalsa

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Anthropological Linguistics (ada di JSTOR) vol. 52 no. 3 (2010), page 344-357.
Fulltext: 41330805.pdf (1.22MB)

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This article examines the derogatory variants of personal names in Omani Arabic that adult women use to interlocutors in intimate social settings. express exasperation towards their These variants closely resemble the original names phonetically, but are considered gravely insulting as derogatory or taboo. The article describes the sociocultural functions of such derogatory names, the differences two genders, they reveal in the usage of terms of address between the and their distinctive role in the norms of speaking among women in Oman.

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