[ Le nom comme source en onomastique: Cas de l'anthroponymie kapsiki (Extrême-nord Cameroun) ]
Volume 14, Issue 2, January 2016, Pages 489–497
Kwanye Kwada Florence1
1 Attachée de recherche au Centre National de l'Education (CNE), Ministère de la Recherche Scientifique et de l'Innovation (MINRESI), Cameroun
Original language: French
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The name in itself is an excellent source for the study of anthroponyms of people who have not set its history in writing. When researching on the population of kapsiki, I realized that the literal definition of the name gives information on the message it carries and the history of the person appointed. Starting from the patronymic passing through the hypocoristic name and teknonym to stumble at necronym, the variation of the name Kapsiki depends on its status that equally evolved in the society.
Author Keywords: anthroponyms, patronymic, hypocoristic name, teknonym, necronym.
Volume 14, Issue 2, January 2016, Pages 489–497
Kwanye Kwada Florence1
1 Attachée de recherche au Centre National de l'Education (CNE), Ministère de la Recherche Scientifique et de l'Innovation (MINRESI), Cameroun
Original language: French
Copyright © 2016 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
The name in itself is an excellent source for the study of anthroponyms of people who have not set its history in writing. When researching on the population of kapsiki, I realized that the literal definition of the name gives information on the message it carries and the history of the person appointed. Starting from the patronymic passing through the hypocoristic name and teknonym to stumble at necronym, the variation of the name Kapsiki depends on its status that equally evolved in the society.
Author Keywords: anthroponyms, patronymic, hypocoristic name, teknonym, necronym.
Abstract: (french)
Le nom en lui-même est la source par excellence de l'étude des anthroponymes des peuples qui n'ont pas consigné par écrit leur histoire. Lors des recherches sur le peuple kapsiki, je me suis rendu compte que, la définition littérale du nom renseigne sur le message qu'il porte et sur l'histoire de la personne nommée. Partant du patronyme en passant par le nom hypocoristique et le teknonyme pour achopper au nécronyme, la variation du nom du Kapsiki est fonction de son statut qui évolue également au sein de la société.
Author Keywords: Anthroponymes, patronyme, nom hypocoristique, teknonyme, nécronyme.
How to Cite this Article
Kwanye Kwada Florence, “Name as onomastic source: Case study of the Kapsiki's anthroponymy (Far North region of Cameroon),” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 489–497, January 2016.
