REMODELLING THE FAMILY NAME IN TWENTIETH CENTURY NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR: IDENTITY, CONTEST AND HUMOUR
IN THE 20th CENTURY, thousands of Newfoundlanders engaged in a kind of identity management through the phonic re-construction of their surnames, in an attempt to bring their family name in line with their contemporary desires for controlled connotations. This article examines cases of this surname r...
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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Memorial University of Newfoundland
2014
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Online Access: | http://journals.library.mun.ca/index.php/RLS/article/view/990 |
Summary: | IN THE 20th CENTURY, thousands of Newfoundlanders engaged in a kind of identity management through the phonic re-construction of their surnames, in an attempt to bring their family name in line with their contemporary desires for controlled connotations. This article examines cases of this surname re-modelling. |
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