Outputs (2)

Family names of the United Kingdom: A new research project in British anthroponomastics (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

We present a major new research project in surname studies in Britain. The project is called Family Names of the United Kingdom (abbreviated to FaNUK). It is a 4-year project based at the Bristol Centre for Linguistics in the University of the West o... Read More about Family names of the United Kingdom: A new research project in British anthroponomastics.

Some consequences and critiques of The Pragmatic Theory of Properhood (2011)
Journal Article

In several recent papers (Coates 2005a, 2005b, 2006a) I have suggested an approach to name theory which I have called a pragmatic theory of properhood, or, if I may elevate the descriptive phrase iconically into a proper name, The Pragmatic Theory of... Read More about Some consequences and critiques of The Pragmatic Theory of Properhood.