The male first name in diachrony. Example of a decade of first names attribution in Hadjadj(Algeria)
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https://doi.org/10.48075/odal.v5i1.32306Keywords:
first name dynamics, religious first names, non-religious first names, permanence, evolutionAbstract
This article focuses on the dynamics of male first names in an urban area located to the east of the city of Mostaganem in the north of Algeria. No less than 2070 first names were inventoried over a decade from 2010 to 2020. We believe that this is a relatively representative period which reflects both the discursive and enunciative evolution and therefore also the possible constancy or, on the contrary, an evolution socio-historical-religious.
The aim of this study is to find out if certain first names resist time or fade away, leaving other names which perhaps do not belong to the model that has been in place for a long time. We will answer the questions opposite: What is the essential component of male first names in this small town in the wilaya of Mostaganem? What would be the impact of the chronological variable on the attribution of these first names? Would there be limited stock in their allocation? Does the male first name name a person to distinguish him or to dilute him in the mass to the detriment of a particular community?
After semantically categorizing the first names in the sample into non-religious and religious first names, we cross-referenced the results with the socio-political—historical-economic situation of the country and the region in order to identify a variation that could affect the attribution of first names and consequently the first name culture in place.
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