Personal naming practices and modes of address in the Chasu speech community

Sebonde, Rafiki Yohana

dc.creator	Sebonde, Rafiki Yohana
dc.date	2021-05-25T08:22:04Z
dc.date	2021-05-25T08:22:04Z
dc.date	2020
dc.date.accessioned	2022-10-20T13:53:50Z
dc.date.available	2022-10-20T13:53:50Z
dc.identifier	Sebonde, R. Y. (2020). Personal naming practices and modes of address in the Chasu speech community. Nordic Journal of African Studies, 29(2), 18-18.
dc.identifier	URI: https://njas.fi/njas/article/view/519/391
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/3200
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/3200
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dc.description	This paper gives an account of sociolinguistic aspects of Chasu personal names and some ways in which they relate to the modes of address among the Vaasu people of Same District in the Kilimanjaro Region of Tanzania. It reveals that Chasu personal names are both linguistic and socio-cultural phenomena and are formed by both lexical and affixation processes. From the linguistic point of view, Chasu names demonstrate meaningful morphological and derivational processes that are linked to gender marking and hierarchy of birth. From a socio-cultural perspective, personal names are linked with circumstances surrounding the birth, such as time and day of delivery, place of birth, and natural events. This study describes how personal names are chosen and bestowed upon children, and how beliefs, values, social practices and human experience are reflected in the naming practices. This paper further demonstrates that names are not only labels for individual or group identification but are also inseparable from the modes of address and manner of expression in the Chasu speech community.
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Nordic Africa Research Network
dc.subject	Chasu language
dc.subject	Identity
dc.subject	Modes of address
dc.subject	Personal names
dc.subject	Name morphology
dc.subject	Chasu morphology
dc.subject	Gender marking
dc.title	Personal naming practices and modes of address in the Chasu speech community
dc.type	Article