Naming as social practice: The case of Little Creeper from Diamond Street

Language in Society

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 237-260

  Rymes, Betsy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

At risk youth; Ideology and language; Naming practices; Proper names

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030163339     PISSN: 00474045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0047404500020625     Document Type: Article

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