Teknonymy

Associated Documents (2)

Main AuthorPublished YearTitle
Alford, RichardNaming and identity: a cross-cultural study of personal naming practices
Tylor, Edward B.On a method of investigating the development of institutions: applied to laws of marriage and d...

Associated Hypotheses (2)

Main AuthorHypothesis
Alford, RichardNames with semantic meaning will be negatively associated with societal size and complexity (60).
Tylor, Edward B."Teknonymy [is] in close connection with the custom of the husband's residence in the wife's family [and is] still more closely attached to the practice of ceremonial avoidance by the husband of the wife's family" (4)

Associated OCMs

  1. personal names