What’s in an irish name? : a study of the personal naming systems of Irish and irish English

Content: 1. Introduction: The Irish Patronymic System Prior to 1600 2. Anglicisation Pressure 3. Anglicisation: 1600-1900 3.1. Phonetic Approximation 3.2. Simplification 3.3. Translation 3.4. Mistranslation 3.5. Equivalence with Existing English Surname 3.6. Multiplicity of Anglicised Forms 3.7....

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Main Author: Mac Mathúna, Liam
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Universität Potsdam 2006
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Online Access:http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-40930
http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/volltexte/2010/4093/