Political movements and personalities have been given nicknames in Zimbabwe. Through an analysis of nicknames used on social and print media as well as in popular music, this paper argues that nicknames describe physical appearances,... more
Political movements and personalities have been given nicknames in Zimbabwe. Through an analysis of nicknames used on social and print media as well as in popular music, this paper argues that nicknames describe physical appearances, character traits and also utterances they make. Through a close examination of nicknames given to several politicians and political movements from postindependent Zimbabwe, this paper argues that these names and naming practices achieve a certain number of objectives. Initially, it allows citizens to discuss political figures particularly against the background where some politicians such as the President cannot be easily spoken about. Moreover, the fluidity of nicknames allows for a ridiculing of politicians especially when they do not live up to the offices they hold. Drawing on Mehrabian and Piercy’s (1993) theoretical work on nicknames, this paper concludes that nicknames can be viewed as what James Scott (1985) terms “weapons of the weak” given that they have a “hidden transcript” that make it possible for simple citizens to resist, oppose and challenge those in power.
All parents wish to give a unique and meaningful name to their child. In India, a Sanskrit name is mostly preferred. Often parents turn to the Internet, which is replete with misinformation on Sanskrit names. Popular name websites too... more
All parents wish to give a unique and meaningful name to their child. In India, a Sanskrit name is mostly preferred. Often parents turn to the Internet, which is replete with misinformation on Sanskrit names. Popular name websites too mispresent meaning of many Sanskrit words and sometimes even list names from other languages, presenting them as Sanskrit names. Some bestselling books on Sanskrit names also carry such mistakes. Parents are misled by such sources and end up giving a kunāma (‘a bad name’) to their child.
Each Sanskrit sunāma—or ‘a good name’—has a mathematical derivation (vyutpatti) and/or a mystical explanation (nirukti). This work by Nityānanda Miśra is a wonderful collection of more than 3,000 sunāmas, most of which are rare or unused today. He studied more than 70,000 names in seventy-seven authentic Sanskrit texts, including seven Vedic saṃhitās, ten Purāṇas, the Rāmāyaṇa, the Mahābhārata, seven koṣas, three grammar works and thirty-eight sahasranāmas for this compilation. Each name entry includes the Devanagari and IAST spellings, gender, meaning, and the person or deity to whom the name belongs.
This workshop organised by François de Callataÿ and Antony Hostein is about names on coins (Greek, Hellenistic and Provincial). It will be held in l'INHA, Paris IIe, on Thursday 11th January. Our guest speaker will be Dan Dana (CNRS). For... more
This workshop organised by François de Callataÿ and Antony Hostein is about names on coins (Greek, Hellenistic and Provincial). It will be held in l'INHA, Paris IIe, on Thursday 11th January. Our guest speaker will be Dan Dana (CNRS). For more informations, see the full programme (in French) in the attached file.
On the basis of an analysis of early spellings of the Old Norse men’s names Erlingr and Erlendr, this article rejects the widespread etymology that relates these names to the common noun jarl m. ‘earl’. An alternative etymology of Erlendr... more
On the basis of an analysis of early spellings of the Old Norse men’s names Erlingr and Erlendr, this article rejects the widespread etymology that relates these names to the common noun jarl m. ‘earl’. An alternative etymology of Erlendr as an original byname *ørlendr ‘out-landish’, ‘foreign’ is reassessed and further substantiated, while a new etymology for Erlingr is proposed, deriving it from Old Norse ǫrn/ari m. ‘eagle’, with the diminutive suffix -linga-. According to this hypothesis, the name is an original byname with the literal meaning ‘little eagle’, but most likely an honorific title denoting ‘the one who acts like an eagle’.
Middle name initials are often used by people in contexts where intellectual performance matters. Given this association, middle initials in people’s names indicate intellectual capacity and performance (Van Tilburg and Igou, 2014). In... more
Middle name initials are often used by people in contexts where intellectual performance matters. Given this association, middle initials in people’s names indicate intellectual capacity and performance (Van Tilburg and Igou, 2014). In the current research, we examined whether middle initials are associated with a typical academic indicator of intellectual performance: authorship order of journal articles. In psychology, authorship early in the author list of an article should correspond with greater contribution to this intellectual endeavor compared to authorship appearing later in the author list. Given that middle initials indicate intellectual capacity and performance, we investigated whether there would be a positive relationship between middle initials in author names and early (vs. late) appearance of names in author lists of academic journal articles in psychology. In two studies, we examined the relationship between amount of authors’ middle initials and authorship order. Study 1 used a sample of 678 articles from social psychology journals published in the years 2006 and 2007. Study 2 used a sample of 696 articles from journals of multiple sub-disciplines in psychology published in the years from 1970 to 2013. Middle initials in author names were overrepresented early (vs. late) in author lists. We discuss implications of our findings for academic decisions on authorship orders, potential avenues of further investigation, and applications.
This article deals with the inscription on a rune-stone fragment discovered in 1985 at Igelsta in Östertälje parish in Södermanland, which according to the author commemorates a man named Øygrīmʀ. This name is very rare and is previously... more
This article deals with the inscription on a rune-stone fragment discovered in 1985 at Igelsta in Östertälje parish in Södermanland, which according to the author commemorates a man named Øygrīmʀ. This name is very rare and is previously unrecorded in East Scandinavian sources.
In this paper I argue that the Mio Cid epithet, most widely associated with the Castilian warrior exile Rodrigo Díaz and traditionally believed to have been bestowed upon him by Arabic speakers, is in fact an autochthonous Castilian... more
In this paper I argue that the Mio Cid epithet, most widely associated with the Castilian warrior exile Rodrigo Díaz and traditionally believed to have been bestowed upon him by Arabic speakers, is in fact an autochthonous Castilian formula closely related to equivalent hybrid formulas such as Mi Anaya and Mi Echa. Close attention to the charters of the Northern Meseta allows us to flesh out a small but significant corpus of such references and also observe such names being used in a second idiosyncratic way as generic witnesses. By framing the Mio Cid usage within this broader onomastic tradition, a more solid geography and chronology emerge and these in turn indicate a relatively widespread use of such terms in late eleventh and early twelfth-century Castile, initially in aristocratic circles, before the epithets morphed into personal names.
En este trabajo sugerimos que el epíteto Mio Cid, generalmente asociado con el exiliado Rodrigo Díaz y tradicionalmente considerado acuñado por los andalusíes, es en realidad una fórmula castellana, estrechamente asociada con combinaciones equivalentes como Mi Anaya o Mi Echa. El análisis de las colecciones diplomáticas de la Meseta Norte permite la construcción de un pequeño pero significativo dossier de referencias de este tipo, y además se observa que estos nombres vuelven a coin-cidir en su empleo como testigos genéricos. Situando Mio Cid dentro de este marco onomástico más amplio nos permite consolidar tanto la cronología como la geografía del fenómeno, y así se revela un uso extendido en Castilla a finales del siglo XI y principios del siglo XII, inicialmente como epítetos honoríficos aristocráticos, antes de transformarse en nombres propios de persona a final de dicho siglo.
This article analyses the male personal names of the Volzhsk Mari in the Bol’shoy Karamas Volost (nowadays territory of the Karamas and Sotnur rural settlements). The research was carried out on the basis of the census book of the... more
This article analyses the male personal names of the Volzhsk Mari in the Bol’shoy Karamas Volost (nowadays territory of the Karamas and Sotnur rural settlements). The research was carried out on the basis of the census book of the Galitskiy doroga, 1678. The structure of anthroponymic formulas in the census book and linguistic origin of names of the inhabitants of Bol’shoy Karamas are examined in the article. The author also explores how the principle of naming children with the initial or final element identical to a parent’s name is reflected in the anthroponymy of Bol’shoy Karamas Volost.
Newcomers to Canada whose names index identities other than “white” and “English” face pressure to alter their names to facilitate integration. Some immigrants oppose the forces of conformity and refuse to assimilate their names. In... more
Newcomers to Canada whose names index identities other than “white” and “English” face pressure to alter their names to facilitate integration. Some immigrants oppose the forces of conformity and refuse to assimilate their names. In interviews, they explain this stance using discourses of agency centring on a belief in true names, a moral obligation to get names right, and a need for a strong self. Focusing on ideologies of identity and language in their meta-agentive discourses, I argue that the act of immigrants keeping their ethnic names is a political move to redistribute responsibility for the integration of newcomers into the host society.
La famiglia tra mutamenti demografici e sociali Bologna 24-26 ottobre 2018 A seguito del cambiamento nell’approccio all’analisi della famiglia nel contesto storico-demografico – dall’analisi statica delle classificazioni strutturali... more
La famiglia tra mutamenti demografici e sociali
Bologna 24-26 ottobre 2018
A seguito del cambiamento nell’approccio all’analisi della famiglia nel contesto storico-demografico – dall’analisi statica delle classificazioni strutturali allo studio dinamico e longitudinale dei gruppi familiari – il convegno si propone di fare il punto sui nuovi indirizzi, sulle nuove tematiche e sulle prospettive relative al ruolo della famiglia all’interno dei processi e dei meccanismi demografici. Per la natura stessa dell’argomento del convegno, sono benvenute proposte che affrontino il tema in chiave multidisciplinare per valorizzare approcci di ricerca e framework interpretativi diversi. La S.I.De.S. sollecita anche interventi di carattere comparativo, sia nel contesto italiano che europeo. Per quanto riguarda l’arco temporale, saranno privilegiati contributi storici, ma non si escludono a priori ricerche e analisi che affrontino la tematica in ottica diacronica, collegando passato e presente.
Personal names are used throughout the world irrespective of language, cultural setting, social class, ethnicity, and etc. However, how these names can be expressed and used can differ depending on both language and culture. Moreover,... more
Personal names are used throughout the world irrespective of language, cultural setting, social class, ethnicity, and etc. However, how these names can be expressed and used can differ depending on both language and culture. Moreover, while hearing individuals are able to use and hear their personal (phonetic/official) names, Deaf individuals use name signs, particular signs associated with the individuals’ names, as a way to indentify themselves to others particularly within the Deaf community because personal names are not accessible in sign languages: it is difficult to teach social and linguistic significance of personal names to Deaf people, as they cannot hear the pronunciation of these names. The perception, formation and categorization of personal name signs is based on visual information, cultural beliefs of the Deaf community and linguistic means of expression. Present study which is a preliminary one for the formation of personal name signs in Turkish Sign Language (TİD) ...
Bu calisma, Turk Isaret Dili(TID)’ nde isaret adlarinin olusumunu inceleyen ilk calisma olmasiyla birlikte, Turk Isaret Dili’nde isaret adlarina iliskin sistemi incelemeyi ve ad verme davranisini, kategoriler ve olusturma yontemleri... more
Bu calisma, Turk Isaret Dili(TID)’ nde isaret adlarinin olusumunu inceleyen ilk calisma olmasiyla birlikte, Turk Isaret Dili’nde isaret adlarina iliskin sistemi incelemeyi ve ad verme davranisini, kategoriler ve olusturma yontemleri bakimindan tanimlamayi amaclamaktadir. Bu amacla, anadili TID olan ve Ankara’da isitme engelliler derneklerine mensup olan 25 sagir kisi calismanin katilimcilari olarak belirlenmistir. Bu katilimcilara, kisisel yasamlari ve kendi isaret adlari hakkinda bilgi edinmeyi amaclayan birtakim sorular iceren bir anket isaret dili tercumani araciligiyla bireysel olarak uygulanmistir. Calismanin sonuclari, Turk Isaret Dili’nde dort farkli isaret ad grubu oldugunu gostermistir. Bu kategoriler, diger isaret dillerinde bulunan kategorilerle benzerlik tasimaktadir. Isaret parametrelerine gore yapilan inceleme sayesinde, Turk Isaret Dili’ndeki kisi isaret adlarinin kurala dayali ve sistemli oruntuler oldugu ortaya cikmistir.
Parece existir una homologación entre los vástagos humanos, arbóreos y también celestes. En este último caso, las estrellas maduras al desprenderse de la constelación se asocian con la “lluvia” de algarrobas que fertiliza el monte.... more
Parece existir una homologación entre los vástagos humanos, arbóreos y también celestes. En este último caso, las estrellas maduras al desprenderse de la constelación se asocian con la “lluvia” de algarrobas que fertiliza el monte. Son llamados por el mismo nombre -thlos: hijo / semilla. Del mismo modo, por una cadena de analogías una rama grande repleta de semillas se denomina thlukwe: ronda de plantas de la misma especie / parentela localizada. Y siguiendo con estas analogías una persona con muchos parientes lleva el mismo apelativo que el de la mujer estrella, símbolo de la abundancia -thlukwetaj
이 글은 동아시아와는 역사문화적 맥락이 상당히 다른, 북유럽 지역의 아이슬란드 국가 사례를 통해, 개인이름에 대한 통치가 어떻게 국민 공동체를 운영하기 위한 문화정치의 맥락을 가지는 지를 질문한다. 19세기 이후 대두하는 아이슬란드의 민족주의는 언어와 역 사, 문화영역을 통해 전개되었고 이는 국가가 엄격하게 개인의 이름을 관리하는 이름 정책으로 이어졌다. 글로벌 추세가 뚜렷해지는 1990년대에 이름위원회가 설립되고... more
이 글은 동아시아와는 역사문화적 맥락이 상당히 다른, 북유럽 지역의 아이슬란드 국가 사례를 통해, 개인이름에 대한 통치가 어떻게 국민 공동체를 운영하기 위한 문화정치의 맥락을 가지는 지를 질문한다. 19세기 이후 대두하는 아이슬란드의 민족주의는 언어와 역 사, 문화영역을 통해 전개되었고 이는 국가가 엄격하게 개인의 이름을 관리하는 이름 정책으로 이어졌다. 글로벌 추세가 뚜렷해지는 1990년대에 이름위원회가 설립되고 "개인이름법"이 개정되어, 아이슬란드 문화 정체성을 가진 (외국 출신이 아닌) 국민에게 특히 더, 이름을 통해 아이슬란드어의 순수성을 지킬 의무가 부과되었다. 즉 부/모칭사를 사용하는 이름체계를 유지하고 언어문법상 젠더가 판정된 이름등록부에서 자녀의 성별에 따라 이름을 선택해야 하는 제한이 가해졌다. 그러나 2010년대로 접어들면 아이슬란드 국민정체성을 가진 국민들의 자유가 더 제한된다는 비판이 나오면서 개인이름법에 대한 대대적인 개정작업이 예고된다. 이에 2019년에 통과된 "젠더자율법"은 개인이름법이 전제로 하는 젠더 이분법을 무용지물로 만들면서 전통을 벗어나 탈근대의 차원에서 국가공동체의 정체성을 새로이 구축하려는 시도로 볼 수 있다. This article explores how governing personal names in Iceland contains the context of ‘cultural politics’ to maintain the nation-state identity. Nationalism in Iceland, which emerged in the 19th century, has developed by the means of language, history, and cultural resources and has resulted in naming policies whereby the government strictly controls individuals’ names. In the 1990s, when globalization has taken hold, the Icelandic Naming Committee was established and the present Personal Names Act was enacted, imposing a heavier duty on the Icelandic people (without foreign background) to protect the purity of the Icelandic language through their names. In other words, restrictions were imposed on maintaining the patronymic/matronymic naming system and selecting names according to gender only from the personal name register where each name’s gender was already decided by grammatical gender rules. A person could petition the committee to add a a new name to the register. By the 2010s, however, it earns criticism that this name law restricts the freedom of people of Icelandic heritage compared to people of foreign heritage in terms of selecting names. The Gender Autonomy Act of 2019 disables the gender binary which the naming law presupposes and will require a complete revision of the naming law. The enactment of the Gender Autonomy Act can be interpreted as an attempt to reconstruct the Icelandic national identity from a new dimension beyond tradition.
Czech is a typical inflecting language. This brings numerous problems in accomodating the foreign names to Czech texts (both written and spoken), Chinese personal names being no exception to the rule. The present article begins with... more
Czech is a typical inflecting language. This brings numerous problems in accomodating the foreign names to Czech texts (both written and spoken), Chinese personal names being no exception to the rule. The present article begins with discussing the structure of Chinese names, explaining the components xing and mingzi. The names used by the Chinese living abroad (inverted order of components, usage of Western first names etc.) are treated as well. The ways the foreign personal names are accomodated to Chinese language context are briefly introduced. A substantial part of the article deals with the morphological accomodation of Chinese personal names to the Czech language context, namely declension of Chinese male names according to Czech nominal paradigms, and derivation of feminine surnames from masculine surnames adding the suffix -ová, which is partly questionable in case of Chinese female names. The problems of latinization are discussed (the options being the Chinese Pinyin alphabet, or the Standard Czech Transcription), as well as proper reading of names in spoken Czech context (the absolute phonetic accuracy is neither possible nor desirable). The article closes with the declension table for Chinese male names (the recommended forms are given both in Pinyin alphabet and in Standard Czech Transcription).
Recently, Japanese names given to children are said to be undergoing dramatic change, particularly in the ways that they use kanji, making them difficult to read. Criticism of such names—often called DQN neemu （‘stupid/ill-educated... more
Recently, Japanese names given to children are said to be undergoing dramatic change, particularly in the ways that they use kanji, making them difficult to read. Criticism of such names—often called DQN neemu （‘stupid/ill-educated names’） or kirakira neemu （‘glittery names’）—has been generally negative, focusing on a perceived ignorance of parents for using kanji‘ inappropriately’ and their lack of consideration for those who must read them. However, by looking at how such names are talked about in the media and their emergence as a phenomenon, I show that such criticism may not be entirely fair, particularly in that it has primarily been made not by parents or children involved in the giving of such names, but by third parties lacking a full vision of the naming process. In addition, criticism of new names has generally lacked appropriate consideration of history and processes of change, in the sense that it tends to be based on faulty considerations of (1) previous naming practices and (2) how such changes will affect the name-landscapes, so to speak, of the future. Instead, I suggest that new names may be seen as part of the larger discourse on youth problems, thus locating the sense of crisis often expressed within their criticism within a larger framework of socialization and social change.
This article describes the types of signed names given and used by deaf users of Japanese Sign Language. Drawing from a dataset of 216 signed names, we identify and describe nine strategies for signed name-formation. Notably, seven of... more
This article describes the types of signed names given and used by deaf users of Japanese Sign Language. Drawing from a dataset of 216 signed names, we identify and describe nine strategies for signed name-formation. Notably, seven of these represent written Japanese surnames. We explain how language contact with written Japanese characters (kanji) and syllabograms (kana) gives rise to a distinctive set of naming strategies. We further discuss the culture of literacy in Japan that emphasizes the written forms of surnames and consider its influential role in Japanese deaf education when sustained contact between many deaf people made naming a central concern. This article describes the naming or onomastic system of Japanese Sign Language (JSL), a natural language, distinct from spoken Japanese, used by more than sixty thousand deaf people and their hearing cosigners in Japan (Ishida 2001). Like members of all linguistic communities, users of JSL refer to themselves and to each other by name. Deaf JSL signers typically have at least one signed name and may have nicknames for use in informal contexts. With few exceptions (typically, nicknames), JSL signed names represent the bearer's surname, reflecting the emphasis on family names as the primary terms of reference in Japan (Gaudart 1999). Notably, JSL signed names depict the written form of the bearer's surname, a fact, we maintain, that is the product of a literacy culture dating to the Meiji period in Japan and pervasive in the Japanese educational system, including deaf education.
The article focuses on the Russian personal name Ivan in comparison with Polish Jan and French Jean. Based on an analysis of secondary appellative derivatives of these names in the Russian, Polish (including Kashubian) and French... more
The article focuses on the Russian personal name Ivan in comparison with Polish Jan and French Jean. Based on an analysis of secondary appellative derivatives of these names in the Russian, Polish (including Kashubian) and French (including Occitan) dialects, the authors reconstruct the ethno-cultural portraits of the ‘prototypical’ bearers of these names in corre-sponding languages. The analysis shows that the Russian Ivan, whose name often serves as a symbol of “russianess”, has very few specific features as compared to his French and Polish “brothers”. This conclusion leads to the question on ethnolinguistic mechanisms of derivation from personal names which, in the perspective of the contrastive study of deonyms, seem to be relatively universal.
A new West Semitic inscription from Khirbet Qeiyafa is presented. It was incised in Canaanite alphabetic script on a pottery storage jar before firing. Radiometric dating of the relevant layer has yielded a date of ca. 1020–980 b.c.e. The... more
A new West Semitic inscription from Khirbet Qeiyafa is presented. It was incised in Canaanite alphabetic script on a pottery storage jar before firing. Radiometric dating of the relevant layer has yielded a date of ca. 1020–980 b.c.e. The last few years have seen the publication of several new Semitic alphabetic inscriptions dated to the late 11th–10th centuries b.c.e. and originating at controlled excavations in Israel (Khirbet Qeiyafa, Beth Shemesh, Tell eṣ-Ṣâfi, and Jerusalem). The new inscription is an important addition to this corpus.
This paper is about a strict naming rule used at Davos (Switzerland) between 1559 and c.1650. It sheads new light on «naming conventions» or «naming patterns» in use in southern Europe, the British Iles, and several other regions, which... more
This paper is about a strict naming rule used at Davos (Switzerland) between 1559 and c.1650. It sheads new light on «naming conventions» or «naming patterns» in use in southern Europe, the British Iles, and several other regions, which however have never been considered as rules, due to a methodological error in genealogy.
The purpose of this experimental study will be to test the theory of how name’s popularity affect other’s first impression about oneself that will show us that least (most) popular names have less (more) visits/ likes on its profile in a... more
The purpose of this experimental study will be to test the theory of how name’s popularity affect other’s first impression about oneself that will show us that least (most) popular names have less (more) visits/ likes on its profile in a dating website, or in other words, it relates the independent variable “Name popularity score” to the dependent variable “number of visits/likes” , controlling for “region”, “age” and a “control group” of 500 random names not classified neither popular nor unpopular from the total sample of 1500 profiles created (500 most common and 500 less common names) in an online dating website. The independent variable will be defined as most common or repeated names in Spain rated through a score from 1 to 10, being 1 less popular and 10 higher level of popularity. The dependent variable will be defined as the number of times that someone click to open a certain profile. For control and intervening variables we will use region as the spatial location of residence of someone; and age, as the years at the beginning of the experiment. “How does your name’s popularity affect others’ first impression?
Islamic tradition ascribes a sacred character to the process of naming. Numerous episodes of the life of Prophet Muhammad show him caring about his Companion’s names and changing toponomyies that had implied negative connotations... more
Islamic tradition ascribes a sacred character to the process of naming. Numerous episodes of the life of Prophet Muhammad show him caring about his Companion’s names and changing toponomyies that had implied negative connotations according to their etymology. As an ancient Arabic proverb says, the name contains a part of one’s destiny (nasib). The magical power ascribed to names in the pre-Islamic time would partially be recognized by the new religion, which transformed ancient magical practices linked to names (the onomatomancy) into new Islamic sciences, such as the jafr and the science of the letters. Names are considered to be like veils: behind the veil is the denominated true nature. Through their apparently transparent etymology, names unveil themselves without however fully disclosing their last meaning. This ambivalence is fully mirrored in the doctrine of Muhammad’s names. Islamic tradition shows that first in the Qur’an and then in the collections of Muhammad’s sayings (hadith) one can find the origin of a process of ascription of names and titles to the Prophet that later found its peak in the mystical tradition. In Sufism, these names represent spiritual qualities of the Prophet and aspects of him being a Perfect Man (al-insan al-kamil).
Folgende Ausführungen beschreiben Namenformen, die unter Anwendung geläufiger Erkenntnisse der historischen Grammatik (vornehmlich der Wortbildungslehre) kaum erklärbar sind. Es wird erwogen, dass für bestimmte Erscheinungen der... more
Folgende Ausführungen beschreiben Namenformen, die unter Anwendung geläufiger Erkenntnisse der historischen Grammatik (vornehmlich der Wortbildungslehre) kaum erklärbar sind. Es wird erwogen, dass für bestimmte Erscheinungen der außersprachlichen Welt bestimmte Benennungsmuster zur Anwendung gelangen können resp. konnten, die unmittelbar onymisch wirk(t)en und sich daher einer Beschreibung auf der Grundlage einer historisch-philologischen Analyse entziehen. Sie sind am besten als Prädikationen zu beschreiben, die (im Sondereggerschen Sinne) "bedeutsame" Aussagen über Designate machen, jedoch nicht im strengen Sinne appellativisch sind. Als eigene Wortklasse stehen sie an der Schnittstelle von Proprialität und Appellativik oder, um es mit Wind-berger-Heidenkummer (2001: 320) auszudrücken, "an der proprialen Peripherie". Die Bei-spiele stammen vorwiegend aus der deutschen Schweiz, können jedoch weitgehend stell-vertretend für den ganzen deutschen Sprachraum stehen.
Onomastische (namenskundliche) Zusammenstellung zur Etymologie (Herkunft) und Bedeutung des Familiennamens gemäß Auszügen zum Namen aus den folgend genannten Beständen der Dienstbibliothek des Instituts Deutsche Adelsforschung.
In the Bible, people are sometimes known by more than one name, i.e., various names or variants of the same name may appear in different books, or even in the same book. This study examines the interchanges between the various forms of... more
In the Bible, people are sometimes known by more than one name, i.e., various names or variants of the same name may appear in different books, or even in the same book. This study examines the interchanges between the various forms of YHWH (יו ,יה ,יהו) found in the books of Samuel, Kings, and Chronicles in the context of the First Temple period. The study reveals that the YHWH interchanges are systematic and therefore should not be attributed to copying errors. Additionally, the majority of these interchanges appear within the same book, more frequently in Samuel-Kings than in Chronicles.
Personal name usage in Zambia, as is common elsewhere, has undergone changes – reflecting the overall cultural and historical changes in the nation. This article identifies the changes which took place in personal naming patterns in... more
Personal name usage in Zambia, as is common elsewhere, has undergone changes – reflecting the overall cultural and historical changes in the nation. This article identifies the changes which took place in personal naming patterns in Zambia since independence and discusses the wider socio-cultural and political factors which caused the changes in personal naming patterns in independent Zambia. The period after independence in 1964 represents a complex of various interacting histories of the nation, which have significantly impacted naming patterns. These include, transitions from mandatory requirement for adherents of the Roman Catholic Church and other Christian organisations to adopt baptismal names of European saints and enforcement, by school authorities, of usage of European first names by indigenous Northern Rhodesians during British colonial domination, to freedom to choose first names following political independence. Further developments include the closer mingling of local ...
This was a short 20 minute talk for the students of Belfast Free Spanish Lessons as part of their evening of Saint Patrick's celebrations on Monday 14th March 2016. The notes for this talk have now been expanded and updated in March 2020... more
This was a short 20 minute talk for the students of Belfast Free Spanish Lessons as part of their evening of Saint Patrick's celebrations on Monday 14th March 2016. The notes for this talk have now been expanded and updated in March 2020 for a longer presentation.
Roger Fuckebythenavele appears three times in the Chester county court roll for 1310-11, spelled slightly differently each time. On the first two occasions he was 'exacted' (solemnly summoned to attend court to answer a serious criminal... more
Roger Fuckebythenavele appears three times in the Chester county court roll for 1310-11, spelled slightly differently each time. On the first two occasions he was 'exacted' (solemnly summoned to attend court to answer a serious criminal charge, which is unspecified) and on the third he was outlawed. He was probably never heard of again.
Both Sweden and Denmark made efforts in the early 20th century to diversify a surname stock heavy in secondary patronymics, but they adopted very different strategies, reflecting different times and prevailing linguistic models. A Danish... more
Both Sweden and Denmark made efforts in the early 20th century to diversify a surname stock heavy in secondary patronymics, but they adopted very different strategies, reflecting different times and prevailing linguistic models. A Danish committee including folklorist Axel Olrik and historian Johannes Steenstrup recommended in 1904 that Danes adopt as surnames the bynames used by their ancestors, preferably documenting this use. This represents an historical view of the language and provides an occasion to collect linguistic and folkloric material, but did not prove efficient as a means of diversifying the name stock. By contrast, the Swedish name committee of 1921, led by the linguist Adolf Noreen, derived structural descriptions that could be used to generate new names and allowed people to choose new names freely from their list. This reflects a structuralist, synchronic approach to language which became prevalent in the early 20th century. Over time the rules were gradually generalized from being morphological (combining familiar elements of bourgeois compound names) toward phonological (encoding phonotactic constraints on Swedish words). In the 1960s, computer programs were used to generate lists of well-formed Swedish surnames, a development facilitated by the generative character of existing descriptions. The fact that currently two-thirds of the Danish population have a surname ending in -sen but only one-third of the Swedes have surnames in -sson may in part stem from the more liberal Swedish policy early on, in addition to the fact that Sweden instituted mandatory surnames some 70 years after Denmark and the transition from patronymics to surnames had progressed further before the law came into effect.
The "Dictionnaire des thèmes nominaux du gaulois - A Dictionary of Gaulish Nominal Stems. Vol. I Ab-/Iχs(o)-", Editions Les Cent Chemins, Paris 2019, 398 pp., 39€, is available at Amazon :... more
