Personal Names that Became Ethnic Epithets
Abstract The inventory of generic nicknames for ethnic persons and groups, which have been used in American slang, dialects, and other popular speech, reflects the history of ethnic conflict in plural society. The sociologist can usefully view ethnic epithets as the lexical content of urban and ethn...
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| Language: | English |
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University Library System, University of Pittsburgh
1983-12-01
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| Series: | Names |
| Online Access: | http://ans-names.pitt.edu/ans/article/view/1026 |