The Age of Aidans: Cognitive Underpinnings of a New Trend in English Boys’ Names

Several sources have recently reported a trend in North American English boys’ names. According to this trend, a disproportionate number of boys’ names contain a final syllabic nasal. This paper presents two studies that investigate this observation systematically. A corpus linguistic study of the...

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Main Authors: Lauren MacAulay, Daniel Siddiqi, Ida Toivonen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University Library System, University of Pittsburgh 2019-07-01
Series:Names
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Online Access:http://ans-names.pitt.edu/ans/article/view/2194