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Authors
Odoom, J.
Publication Year
2023
Article Title
Hybridisation strategies in anglicisation: the case of Akan personal names
Journal
Nomina Africana: Journal of African Onomastics
Volume
37
Issue Number
1
Page Numbers
59-71.
DOI
ISSN
ISSN 1012-0254
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Abstract

Several Akan personal names are losing their sociocultural meaning due to the process of anglicisation. Anglicisation affects the orthography, segments, pronunciation, and sometimes the original meanings of some personal names in Akan. We, however, know that personal names are not just arbitrary labels, but sociocultural tags that have sociocultural functions and meanings as well as linguistic and typological information cultures. 聽This study, 聽therefore, 聽seeks to discuss 聽hybridisation strategies 聽employed 聽in 聽anglicising 聽some 聽personal 聽names 聽in 聽Akan. 聽This 聽is 聽a 聽descriptive 聽qualitative 聽study. 聽The 聽data 聽for 聽this 聽study 聽were 聽collected 聽from 聽both 聽primary 聽and 聽secondary 聽sources. 聽Sixty 聽students 聽from 聽the 聽University 聽of Education, Winneba, with an age range of 30鈥50 years old were consulted. The study shows that hybridisation 聽processes 聽employed 聽in 聽anglicising 聽personal 聽names 聽in 聽Akan 聽include 聽hybridised 聽names 聽with 鈥-son鈥, hybridised names with 鈥-ful鈥, innovative hybridised names and semantic translation of the original 聽names, 聽among 聽others. 聽Except 聽for 聽semantic 聽translated 聽names, 聽all 聽the 聽revealed 聽hybridisation 聽strategies 聽ultimately 聽erode 聽the 聽sociocultural 聽meaning 聽of 聽the 聽affected 聽names. 聽This 聽article, 聽therefore, 聽contributes to the study of anthroponymy and the onomasiology of Akan.

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