REMODELLING THE FAMILY NAME IN TWENTIETH CENTURY NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR: IDENTITY, CONTEST AND HUMOUR

Authors

  • Philip Hiscock Memorial University of Newfoundland

Keywords:

onomastics, family names, Newfoundland, language, English

Abstract

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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Published

2014-01-16

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