THE ANTHROPONYMIC SYSTEM OF E.A. PROULX’S ACCORDION CRIMES: IDENTIFICATION AND SOCIALIZATION ASPECTS
The paper studies a literary character as a bearer of a name in the context of anthroponymic transformations by the example of immigrants’ names in E.A. Proulx’s Accordion Crimes . The writer shows that name changes manifest themselves in immigrants’ struggle for their identity and socialization in...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University)
2008-12-01
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| Series: | Polylinguality and Transcultural Practices |
| Online Access: | http://journals.rudn.ru/polylinguality/article/viewFile/2370/1843 |
| Summary: | The paper studies a literary character as a bearer of a name in the context of anthroponymic transformations by the example of immigrants’ names in E.A. Proulx’s Accordion Crimes . The writer shows that name changes manifest themselves in immigrants’ struggle for their identity and socialization in a foreign language society, and reflect an individual’s intention of becoming a part of a new culture and a new society and changing an immigrant’s perception by others. |
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| ISSN: | 2618-897X 2618-8988 |