Palestinian Surnallles Derived from Nicknames

Abstract A corpus of 413 Palestinian surnames was collected from several cities, towns, villages and refugee camps on the West Bank and classified into twelve categories: 1. Animals, Birds and Insects, 2. Occupations, 3. Instruments, 4. Personal Characteristics, 5. Plants, 6. Food, 7. Natural Phenom...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hanna Y. Tushyeh, Rami W. Hamdallah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University Library System, University of Pittsburgh 1992-12-01
Series:Names
Online Access:http://ans-names.pitt.edu/ans/article/view/1330