Publications

Publication details [#40304]

Suter, Elizabeth A. 2004. Tradition Never Goes Out of Style: The Role of Tradition in Women’s Naming Practices. The Communication Review 7 (1) : 57–87.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

language and culture | naming1 | traditional society | women's language

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Annotation

This paper demonstrates the strong influence of tradition in American womens' naming practices and the ensuing adoption of their husbands’ names upon marriage in spite of their historical struggle to gain legal and social acceptance of nontraditional naming forms.