The sociolinguistics of compound surnames among some educated Yoruba married women

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dc.contributor.authorRafiu, Kamar
dc.contributor.authorGbenga, Fakuade
dc.contributor.authorBukola, Fadahunsi
dc.contributor.authorBolanle, Adekeye
dc.date.accessioned2018-07-06T11:40:56Z
dc.date.available2018-07-06T11:40:56Z
dc.date.issued2015-09
dc.descriptionN/Aen_US
dc.description.abstractThis article discusses the sociolinguistics of compound surnames among some Yoruba married women in Nigeria. The study establishes the fact that some married women still retain their father’s names after marriage due to some social reasons or factors. The need for easy recognition, the desire to avoid problems of official documentation in the offices after marriage, efforts to guard against the extinction of family names, and to protect ancestral roots, among others, are found to be responsible for this practice. The paper argues that some of the social factors which are found to be responsible for the use of compound surnames by married women include education, religion and exposure to western culture. The paper argues further that this practice among educated Yoruba married women is indicative of erosion of this aspect of Yoruba tradition as a result of contact with Islam and the west. The paper recommends a similar investigation among illiterate Yoruba married women and also among other ethnic groups such as Hausa, Igbo, Tiv, Efik, Fulani, etc., to determine other reasons, if any, for this practice. Two main methods were used to collect data for the study: questionnaire and oral interview. The data collected were presented in tabular form, using descriptive statistics.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipSELFen_US
dc.identifier.citationN/Aen_US
dc.identifier.issn2239-4192
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/938
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherLDS, University campus Suffolk, Ipswich, United Kingdom (Indexed in Scopus)en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesN/A;N/A
dc.subjectCompound surnamesen_US
dc.subjectYorubaen_US
dc.subjectmarriageen_US
dc.subjectlexemesen_US
dc.subjectonomasticsen_US
dc.subjectanthroponomasticsen_US
dc.subjectnamingen_US
dc.titleThe sociolinguistics of compound surnames among some educated Yoruba married womenen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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