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The Language of Names: What We Call Ourselves and Why It Matters
Contributor(s): Kaplan, Justin (Author), Bernays, Anne (Author)

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ISBN: 0684838672     ISBN-13: 9780684838670
Publisher: Touchstone Books
OUR PRICE: $17.05  

Binding Type: Paperback
Published: March 1999
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Annotation: Sparkling with wit and filled with eye-opening, humorous facts and stories, this exploration of the social history, psychology, and role of names and naming process will delight readers intrigued by the mysteries of identity and the quirks of language.
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BISAC Categories:
- Reference | Genealogy & Heraldry
- Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Sociolinguistics
Dewey: 929.401
LCCN: 96026439
Physical Information: 0.65" H x 6.04" W x 8.74" L (0.74 lbs) 256 pages
Features: Bibliography, Index, Price on Product
 
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Publisher Description:
As delightful and playful as it is profound and serious, The Language of Names is an absolute original -- a fascinating book that reveals us to ourselves, that demonstrates the endless variety of ways in which names shape our daily lives. Drawing on social and literary history, psychology and anthropology, anecdotes, and life stories, biographer Justin Kaplan and novelist Anne Bernays have written a fascinating account of names and naming in contemporary society that touches on class structure, ethnic and religious practices, manners, and everyday life.
Graceful, eloquent, and richly informed, The Language of Names explores and illuminates our favorite subject -- ourselves.

Contributor Bio(s): Bernays, Anne: - Anne Bernays is a novelist (including Professor Romeo and Growing Up Rich) and coauthor, with her husband, Justin Kaplan, of Back Then: Two Lives in 1950s New York. Her articles, book reviews and essays have appeared in such major publications as The New York Times, Sports Illustrated and The Nation. A long-time teacher of writing, she is coauthor, with Pamela Painter, of the textbook What If? Ms. Bernays currently teaches at Harvard's Nieman Foundation. She and Mr. Kaplan have six grandchildren. They live in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Truro, Cape Cod.
 
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