The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Submitting institution
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University of the West of England, Bristol
- Unit of assessment
- 27 - English Language and Literature
- Output identifier
- 1489555
- Type
- A - Authored book
- DOI
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10.1093/acref/9780199677764.001.0001
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- ISBN
- 9780199677764
- Open access status
- -
- Month of publication
- November
- Year of publication
- 2016
- URL
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https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-oxford-dictionary-of-family-names-in-britain-and-ireland-9780199677764?cc=gb&lang=en&
- Supplementary information
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- Request cross-referral to
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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2
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- Yes
- Double-weighted statement
- ODFaNBI is a four-volume etymological surname dictionary, the main published output from a seven year AHRC-funded project (2010-17), employing four full-time academics and a large number of consultants specializing in a range of languages. It is the result of the sustained analysis of very large amounts of computer-tractable material from mainly primary sources to substantiate hypotheses about the linguistic and cultural origin of approximately 46,000 surnames, approaching half of which had never been explained before. The work also contains a 100+-page introduction situating all naming practices found in Great Britain and Ireland since surnaming began in the twelfth century.
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
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- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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