Download or read book Proper Names of Telugu Catholics and Kerala Syrian Christians written by Smita Joseph and published by LIT Verlag Münster. This book was released on with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The contribution of this book to existing work in socio-onomastic research is its treatment of the official and unofficial names of the two Indian Christian communities (i. e., Kerala Syrian Christians and Telugu Catholics), in terms of the functions they fulfil in the lives of the community members. This work is based on empirical data and thus highlights empirical issues and applications, meant to make the book of use to the current generation of linguists and sociolinguists. The author strikes a balance between qualitative and quantitative approaches and analyses of data. In addition, both reflexive and constitutive approaches to naming have been used.