Teachers nicknames: Micro research in onomastics
This paper studies teacher's nicknames in the primary school Vuk Karadžić in Kruševac gathered through a survey for which the students were requested to state a teacher‟s nickname, its originator and motivations. By method of random sampling, 243 students were polled, and 217 nicknames were col...
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doaj-f64bf598607f4d1fadf75bb57b3e654c2020-11-25T01:16:35ZengVisoka škola strukovnih studija za vaspitače, KruševacSinteze 2217-902X2560-30782012-01-0112951032217-902x1202095KTeachers nicknames: Micro research in onomasticsKostić-Stamenović Karolina0Dragumilo-Stefanović Marija1nemanemaThis paper studies teacher's nicknames in the primary school Vuk Karadžić in Kruševac gathered through a survey for which the students were requested to state a teacher‟s nickname, its originator and motivations. By method of random sampling, 243 students were polled, and 217 nicknames were collected. This paper serves as yet another confirmation of the functionality of our language in various forms of expression. We observed that while most nicknames are invented by students, many are also thought up by teachers as well. Students readily adopted nicknames created by other teachers. We also observed that a teacher can have two, even three nicknames. This comes about when nicknames conceived by previous generations are passed on. We drew the conclusion that each new generation of students creates nicknames of their own, in addition to the 'old', previously existing ones. The nicknames reported reveal creativity, imagination and originality of students as well as their relation to their teachers, based on understanding and respect for teachers' personalities.https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/2217-902X/2012/2217-902x1202095K.pdfnicknamesfunctionality of languagecreativityvariety of motivationoriginality of nicknames |
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Teachers nicknames: Micro research in onomastics |
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Teachers nicknames: Micro research in onomastics |
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Visoka škola strukovnih studija za vaspitače, Kruševac |
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This paper studies teacher's nicknames in the primary school Vuk Karadžić in Kruševac gathered through a survey for which the students were requested to state a teacher‟s nickname, its originator and motivations. By method of random sampling, 243 students were polled, and 217 nicknames were collected. This paper serves as yet another confirmation of the functionality of our language in various forms of expression. We observed that while most nicknames are invented by students, many are also thought up by teachers as well. Students readily adopted nicknames created by other teachers. We also observed that a teacher can have two, even three nicknames. This comes about when nicknames conceived by previous generations are passed on. We drew the conclusion that each new generation of students creates nicknames of their own, in addition to the 'old', previously existing ones. The nicknames reported reveal creativity, imagination and originality of students as well as their relation to their teachers, based on understanding and respect for teachers' personalities. |
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nicknames functionality of language creativity variety of motivation originality of nicknames |
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