An account of the morpho-phonology of English personal initialed nicknames: orthography enters the constraint hierarchy
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2003
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Swarthmore College. Dept. of Linguistics
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This thesis will investigate the patterns of initialed-nicknaming in English. I shall claim
that this process is another example of phonology depending on orthography. Nicknames
have a very wide range of forms and derivations. Even dismissing those nicknames
which are not formed from the subject's original name, we observe great diversity:
Jonathans throughout the English-speaking world commonly go by Jack, John, Johnny,
Jacko, Jackie, John-John, J, or J1. Initialed nicknames like J or JJ and their derivation
and distribution will be the focus of this thesis, followed by a brief outlining of work to
be done on these forms' treatment in Optimality Theory.