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Jane Yorke Obuajo

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Open access 2026

The Morpho-Syntactic Patterns and Semantic Uses of Student Nicknames in Ghana

Nicknaming is a pervasive linguistic practice that indexes intimacy, identity, and social boundaries, yet it remains relatively underexplored in African sociolinguistic scholarship. This study presents an empirical analysis of 200 nicknames collected from students at a tertiary institution and a senior high school in C...

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