| But sociologists and experts in onomastics, the study of names, said the diminishment of nicknames was not exclusive to famous athletes. |
| For those who aren't interested at all, onomastics is the study of names and their origins. |
| In the field of American Indian onomastics it is important to be able to date the creation or the earliest occurrence of a place name. |
| The chapters that follow deal with vocabulary, syntax, onomastics, phonology, English grammar and usage and, finally, literary language. |
| Significant onomastics are part of the Ja-Bac team's stock in trade. |
| Apart from linguistics and literature we also serve history, ethnology and onomastics. |
