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Publication details [#42930]

Hay, Jennifer, Saundra K. Wright and Tessa Bent. 2005. Ladies first? Phonology, frequency, and the naming conspiracy. Linguistics 43 (3) : 531–561.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
frequentative habitual | gender | naming1 | phonology1
Place, Publisher
De Gruyter
Journal WWW
www.degruyter.com/journal/key/LING/html

Annotation

This paper argues that name ordering preferences, such as in this case the tendency to place male before female names, are defined by a combination of gender, phonology, and frequency.