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Publication details [#35001]

Alford, Richard D. 1988. Naming and identity: A cross-cultural study of personal naming practices. HRAF. viii + 190 pp.
Publication type
Book – monograph
Publication language
English

Annotation

This cross-cultural survey of personal naming practices draws on data from the Human Relations Area Files' Probability Sample. The major part of the volume addresses the incidence of and the correlation between different naming practices, and the correlation between naming practices and various sociocultural variables.

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