‘Evidence for Native Irish, Anglo-Norman and New English Surnames in the Names of Wicklow Townlands'
Dr Conchubhar Ó Crualaoich will be giving a lecture in Baltinglass on this topic next Tuesday, 23rd April.
Ná cailligí é!
Friday, April 19, 2024
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
To Translate or not to Translate: The Case of Arabic and Foreign Shop Names
"To Translate or not to Translate: The Case of Arabic and Foreign Shop Names" by Reima Al-Jarf (King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)
The translatability of shop names constitutes a problem for translation students. To find out the status of shop name translation in Saudi Arabia, a corpus of 500 shop names (clothing, accessories, beauty products, restaurants, cafes… etc.) was collected and analyzed to find out which shop names are translated, which are not, and which should be translated. Results showed that 24% of the shops have pure Arabic names, 25% have international brand names such as Starbucks, Burger King, McDonald's, Pizza Hut, Monsoon, Zara, Sony which are not translated, i.e., used as they are. 39% have English names created by the shop owners such as أو ﺑ ﺮﯾ ﺸﻦ ﻓ ﻼﻓ ﻞ , ﺑﺮ اﻧﺪ ﺳﻨﺘﺮ , ﺑﯿﺒ ﻲ ﺷ ﻮ ب which were not translated. Some foreign shop names were transliterated using Arabic letters although such names have Arabic equivalents as in دﻛ ﺘ ﻮرﻧﯿ ﻮﺗ ﺮﯾ ﺸﻦ , ﻧﺎﺗ ﺸ ﺮ ا ل ﺗﺎﺗ ﺶ , ﻧﺴﻜﺎﻓﯿﮫ دوﻟ ﺲ ﻗ ﻮﺳﺘ ﻮ , أد ﻓﻨﺘ ﻮرا , ﺟﺎ رﻟﯿ ﺸﻮز ﻻو ﻧ ﺞ , أﻣ ﯿ ﺮﯾ ﻜﺎ ن إﯾ ﺠﻞ أ وﺗﻔﺘ ﺮز , ﻛﯿ ﺴﺮ ي ﻛﺎﻓﯿ ﮫ , إﺳ ﺒ ﺮﯾ ﺖ , أﻛﺴﺴﻮرﯾ ﺰ , ﺑﺎﯾ ﻠﯿ ﺲ , ﺑﺎر ﺑ ﻜﯿ ﻮﺗ ﻮﻧﺎﯾ ﺖ . Names in this category should be translated as they were difficult for the subjects to decode.
However, subjects could decode ﻣﺎ ﻛﺪوﻧﺎﻟ ﺪ ر، ﺑﯿ ﺮﻏﺮ ﻛﯿﻨ ﺞ، ھﺎ ردﯾ ﺰ، ﻛﻮﺳﺘﺎ، ﺳﺎ رﺑ ﻜ ﺲ . . Shop workers believe that use of foreign names without translation is more prestigious, attracts shoppers' attention more than Arabic names, and more customers can be reached. They also gave globalization factors that affect the preference for foreign words to Arabic equivalents and poor knowledge of Arabic equivalents, especially for new coinages. Guidelines for translating foreign and native shop names will be given based on the views of a sample of translation students and instructors.
Biography:
Prof. Reima Al-Jarf is professor of English and translation studies. She has 700 publications and conference presentations in 70 countries. She reviews Ph.D. theses, promotion works, conference and grant proposals, and articles for numerous peer-reviewed international journals including Web of Science and Scopus journals. She presented at ANS and CNS twice.
Monday, April 15, 2024
The Concept of “UL” (son, child) in Kazakh Anthroponomy
"The Concept of “UL” (son, child) in Kazakh Anthroponomy" by Zhazira Agabekova (Nazarabayev University, Astana, Kazakhstan)
In the Kazakh language, there are many names with the root "ul" (meaning “son”, “child”), such as
Ulbosyn (let it be a son), Ulzhalgas (next will be a son), Ultusyn (wishing to give birth to a son).
These names are given if a family had only daughters, and with the intention that after several girls
born in a family, the next child will be a boy (names that indicated the family's expectation of
having boys). This is because historically, the boy was treated as the main breadwinner of the
family and the protector of the people, the continuation of the generation, and the birth of a son in
the family was important. This shows that the concept of patriarchy still prevails in Kazakh culture.
Beyond that lies gender inequality. Although the number of names in the "ul" (son) context has
decreased somewhat, the process has not stopped. This article hypothesizes that the use of names in the context of "ul" indicates that the role of men in the Kazakh society is higher than that of women.
In order to prove it, linguistic lexemes and proverbs in the culture of the people are considered as
the main linguistic facts. The number of these names changes in the different regions of
Kazakhstan. These differences (frequency) are based not only on the population density, but also
depends on the fact of observing Kazakhs traditions. The findings of this research will help better
understand the concept of “ul”, and the analysis shows the importance of studying Kazakh names
with root “ul”, which refers to existing gender inequality and gender norms in Kazakh society.
Biography:
Zhazira Agabekova is Assistant Professor of Nazarbayev University, Candidate of Philological Sciences. Her scientific area is Turkic Studies, Linguistics, Onomastics, Gender studies. Currently, Zhazira is focused on gender issues in onomastics. She is a member of the Onomastic Commission under the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Ludic Representation of Toponyms in Riddles
"Ludic Representation of Toponyms in Riddles" by Olga Chesnokova (RUDN University, Moscow, Russia)
Each culture possesses riddles about toponyms. The hypothesis of this study is that riddles about
cities and their names create a ludic image of toponyms, and each riddle text acts as a topographical
image and a sign of collective memory, actively developing nowadays on the internet. The
investigation of Spanish, Argentinian and Russian riddles about cities proves that they form a
system of internal architectonics and create a ludic image in the range from the direct question
“What city”: What city is located on 101 islands? (Saint-Petersburg), to diverse metaphors and
personifications: En el mapa de Argentina ¿cuál es la provincia que nunca camina?’ (Salta), and
complex sound symbols riddles with a fictional plot: El rey Alí /Fue con su can/A tomar té/¿a qué
ciudad? (Alicante). Riddles about cities typically praise the cities; no critical or derogatory features
of the ludic descriptions were found. The city image in riddles is always positive and combines real
topographical features, elements of touristic discourse, cultural associations; all together creating a
system of topographic images on the principles of direct questions, polysemy, homonymy, folk
etymology, sound symbolism, and allusions to well-known proverbs. Descriptive riddles are typical
for all studied cultures; however, a greater diversity was found for the Spanish and Argentinian
cultures. Riddles based on sound symbolism are also more characteristic of the Hispanic tradition,
which is obviously due to the letter-sound structure of the Spanish place names.
Biography:
Olga Chesnokova (Doctor in Romance Philology) is Full-time Spanish Professor at the Department of Foreign Languages at RUDN University and author of more than 200 publications on Hispanic Onomastics, Literary Text translation, and particularities of Spanish in Latin America.
American and Russian Nicknames of Persons
"American and Russian Nicknames of Persons, Motivated by a Combination of Linguistic and Extralinguistic Factors" by Anna Tsepkova (Novosibirsk State Pedagogical University, Russia)
Nicknames of persons coined by means of mixing linguistic and extralinguistic motives form a
unique group of unconventional anthroponyms performing identifying and characterizing functions
by means of combining a person’s official name with lexemes referring to qualities, attributes,
situations associated with nickname-bearers. These nicknames are formed by means of:
a) substituting a name by an appellative sounding similar (false etymology): Madison from Maddie + “always mad at something” (US); Парадокс / Paradox from Paradovsky + an irregular person (Rus);
b) substituting a last name by an appellative reviving its etymology: Blood from Trueblood + “a cool head under stressful situations” (US); Goose from Goosev + appearance (Rus);
c) blending a name with an appellative: Encyclo'pete'ia from Pete + “no matter what you talked about he thought he was an expert on it...” (US); Olgushonok from Olga + lyagushka [frog]: cold limbs (Rus);
d) inevitable associations with a famous name / person: Marco Polo from Mark + “always looking for an adventure” (US);
e) meaningful abbreviations of first, middle/patronymic, last names: M&M: “because I love M&Ms and m is the first letter in my first and last name” (US); ОМ from initials of the teacher of physics /
reference to Ohm (Rus).
If small in number (46 nicknames / 5.5% in the American sample; 54 / 1.5% in the Russian sample),
this group is the most diverse in terms of coinage patterns, demonstrating the phenomenon of
linguistic creativity, aimed at catching and carrying multifaceted audio-visual and emotional
experiences of human interaction.
Biography:
Anna Tsepkova is an Associate Professor in the English Language Department at Novosibirsk State Pedagogical University (Siberian region of Russia) and has a PhD in Philology. She is a Fulbright Alumna, a member of ICOS and the ANS. She is currently working on “A Cross-Cultural Dictionary of American and Russian Nicknames”
I Jornadas de Onomástica y Toponimia de Albacete
Los nombres de los parajes, ciudades, pueblos, ríos, etc. no son sólo nombres, sino también signos de identificación e identidad. Cada uno tiene un origen, una etimología, una motivación, un significado. En ellos encontramos el rastro de otros pueblos, hoy desaparecidos, de los usos que dieron a esos lugares, de la manera de ver el mundo y de vivir, de la vegetación o plantas que crecían, del vínculo afectivo entre sociedades humanas y la naturaleza, etc. Tienen un valor cultural, tanto como parte de nuestro léxico como por la información añadida que nos pueden aportar. Así cada nombre tiene un significado, aunque a menudo lo desconocemos, ya que, en muchos casos, su origen se remonta a lenguas ancestrales, actualmente en desuso o desaparecidas. La toponimia se encarga de descifrarnos todos estos secretos. Y además la toponimia es patrimonio inmaterial de la humanidad desde 2015 que hemos de preservar y cuidar.
Por ello hemos de recoger los nombres de lugar o topónimos de viva voz de nuestros padres y madres, situarlos en un mapa y estudiarlos diacrónicamente a través de la documentación de nuestros archivos: un trabajo arduo pero reconfortante por los descubrimientos de todo tipo que haremos.
Inscripción gratuita (del 2 al 12 de abril del 2024). Para la asistencia presencial (aforo máximo 30 personas) será necesaria la remisión de un correo a la dirección programasculturales@iealbacetenses.com con los datos personales (nombre, apellidos, teléfono y correo electrónico).
What’s in a Divine Name? Religious Systems and Human Agency in the Ancient Mediterranean
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What’s in a Divine Name?
Religious Systems and Human Agency in the Ancient Mediterranean
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Sunday, April 7, 2024
Onomastique, société et identité culturelle en Lusitanie romaine (ADOPIA I)
ISBN: 2356136010
Edité par Jonathan Edmondson (Milagros Navarro Caballero)
Editeur Ausonius Eds
Date de parution 29/05/2024
Collection Scripta Antiqua
EAN 9782356136015
Thursday, April 4, 2024
Conférence par Stéphane Gendron sur les zootoponymes
le 10 avril 2024, Mercredi, 17h (France), 3:00 PM (UTC): Stéphane Gendron “Les animaux dans la toponymie française : entre réel et imaginaire”
Résumé : Dans la toponymie française, les noms de lieux évoquant les animaux, qu’ils soient sauvages ou domestiques, sont à la fois fréquents et d’une grande variété. Mais au-delà des apparences, leur interprétation n’est pas sans poser quelques problèmes. Par exemple, les animaux domestiques occupentils une place spécifique par rapport aux animaux sauvages ? L’étude de la toponymie peut-elle, sur ce point, apporter quelques lumières ? Dans quelle mesure tel toponyme est-il le signe de la présence réelle d’un animal ou d’une espèce ? De même que les noms d’animaux sont fréquemment utilisés dans la langue courante pour désigner des réalités éloignées du règne animal, les toponymes ont-ils parfois une valeur purement métaphorique ? Ces zootoponymes – que nous distinguons des zoonymes, noms que l’on donne aux animaux – font à la fois appel à des connaissances traditionnelles, impliquent que le chercheur soit tout particulièrement attentif aux modes de relations et d’échanges que les populations ont entretenus avec le milieu naturel. Il se doit également d’être attentif aux représentations des hommes à l’égard des animaux, souvent très éloignés de notre regard actuel.
Sunday, March 31, 2024
Flurnamen und Konsorten (Kleine onomastische Schriften)
published in 2023 by Ulrich Scheuermann with the help of Barbara Scheuermann
German
Sowohl für den sprachgeschichtlich orientierten Sprachwissenschaftler als auch für den regional- und landeskundlich arbeitenden Historiker gehören Flurnamensammlung und Flurnamenforschung zu jenen Untersuchungsfeldern, auf deren Ergebnisse sie gern zurückgreifen, lassen sich doch mit solcherart Befunden aus der Onomastik eigene Erkundungen vorantreiben, Thesen absichern, Einsichten stützen. Freilich ist Namenforschung auch per se ein interessantes Themenfeld, insbesondere dort, wo es um Fragen der Identität geht, sei es für das Individuum, sei es für gesellschaftliche Gruppen, zum Beispiel eine dörfliche Gemeinschaft. Der vorliegende Band mit kleinen onomastischen, vornehmlich niedersächsischen Flurnamen gewidmeten Schriften Ulrich Scheuermanns, die im Laufe mehrerer Jahrzehnte entstanden sind, führt kundig ein in die Praxis onomastischen Arbeitens, das ein quellenkritisches Herangehen auf der einen sowie sorgfältig vorzunehmende etymologische und grammatische Analysen auf der anderen Seite und nicht zuletzt auch gute Ortskenntnis verlangt. Indes stellen die in diesem Buch zusammengeführten Aufsätze nicht nur das methodische Rüstzeug, sondern auch den vielschichtigen Ertrag solchen Arbeitens vor und veranschaulichen diesen Nexus anhand der Flurnamen ausgewählter Ortschaften; hinlänglich berücksichtigt wird dabei die enge Verbindung zwischen Flurnamen, Orts- und Wüstungsnamen.
English
Linguists interested in the history of languages as well as historians focussing on regional studies favorably resort to onomatology in order to prove the evidence or insights of their own research. Onomastics, in itself an interesting subject, can provide relevant data regarding questions of identity of both individuals and social groups, such as village communities, for example. The volume on hand covers several decades of texts by Ulrich Scheuermann presenting his onomastical research on fieldnames predominantly from Lower Saxony. Not only is this collection of essays a knowledgeable introduction into practical onomastical methods which require critical assessment of sources, detailed etymological and grammatical analysis as well as solid local knowledge. With their variety of findings the essays also illustrate the close connections between field and place names and names of deserted settlements or villages.
German
Sowohl für den sprachgeschichtlich orientierten Sprachwissenschaftler als auch für den regional- und landeskundlich arbeitenden Historiker gehören Flurnamensammlung und Flurnamenforschung zu jenen Untersuchungsfeldern, auf deren Ergebnisse sie gern zurückgreifen, lassen sich doch mit solcherart Befunden aus der Onomastik eigene Erkundungen vorantreiben, Thesen absichern, Einsichten stützen. Freilich ist Namenforschung auch per se ein interessantes Themenfeld, insbesondere dort, wo es um Fragen der Identität geht, sei es für das Individuum, sei es für gesellschaftliche Gruppen, zum Beispiel eine dörfliche Gemeinschaft. Der vorliegende Band mit kleinen onomastischen, vornehmlich niedersächsischen Flurnamen gewidmeten Schriften Ulrich Scheuermanns, die im Laufe mehrerer Jahrzehnte entstanden sind, führt kundig ein in die Praxis onomastischen Arbeitens, das ein quellenkritisches Herangehen auf der einen sowie sorgfältig vorzunehmende etymologische und grammatische Analysen auf der anderen Seite und nicht zuletzt auch gute Ortskenntnis verlangt. Indes stellen die in diesem Buch zusammengeführten Aufsätze nicht nur das methodische Rüstzeug, sondern auch den vielschichtigen Ertrag solchen Arbeitens vor und veranschaulichen diesen Nexus anhand der Flurnamen ausgewählter Ortschaften; hinlänglich berücksichtigt wird dabei die enge Verbindung zwischen Flurnamen, Orts- und Wüstungsnamen.
English
Linguists interested in the history of languages as well as historians focussing on regional studies favorably resort to onomatology in order to prove the evidence or insights of their own research. Onomastics, in itself an interesting subject, can provide relevant data regarding questions of identity of both individuals and social groups, such as village communities, for example. The volume on hand covers several decades of texts by Ulrich Scheuermann presenting his onomastical research on fieldnames predominantly from Lower Saxony. Not only is this collection of essays a knowledgeable introduction into practical onomastical methods which require critical assessment of sources, detailed etymological and grammatical analysis as well as solid local knowledge. With their variety of findings the essays also illustrate the close connections between field and place names and names of deserted settlements or villages.
Beiträge
- 1. Vorrede (Seiten 9-16)
- 2. Flurnamenforschung. Eine kurze Einführung (Seiten 19-28)
- 3. Strukturen in der Mikrotoponymie (Flurnamen) (Seiten 29-40)
- 4. Die sprachliche Erschließung der Dorfflur mit Hilfe von Flurnamen (Seiten 41-75)
- 5. Elliehäuser Anger vs. Elljehüscher Anger. De-onymische Adjektivableitungen als Bestimmungswörter in Mikrotoponymen (Seiten 79-108)
- 6. ,Zaunwörter‘ als Bezeichnung für eingefriedigtes Gelände (Seiten 111-120)
- 7. Bi ’n Transformator – up ’n Ballein. Zur Mehrnamigkeit von Flurorten (Seiten 121-132)
- 8. Von Galgenbergen und Klappen, von Jagdpfählen und Tollstöcken. Rechtsgeschichtliches in (Orts- und) Flurnamen (Seiten 133-149)
- 9. Rauschenwasser. Ein südniedersächsisches Beispiel für Volksetymologie in Orts- und Flurnamen (Seiten 150-172)
- 10. Die Flurnamen von Klein Schneen (Seiten 173-226)
- 11. Bonus Henricus. Zur Verwendung des Nomen proprium Heinrich als Nomen appellativum (Seiten 229-240)
- 12. Hellwege. Zur Geschichte eines Eigennamens (Seiten 242-259)
- 13. Barsinghausen – Elliehausen. Zu den ostfälischen Orts- und Wüstungsnamen auf -ingehusen (Seiten 261-287)
- 14. Elliehäuser Toponyme als Quelle für die Ortsgeschichte (Seiten 288-323)
- 15. Begegnungen mit dem Ostfälischen durch die Erkundung heimischer Straßennamen (Seiten 324-333)
Древнеиндийская ономастика в “Махабхарате” на примере гимна “Вишнусахасранама”
19 марта 2024 г. в 12-00 в рамках заседания отдела типологии и сравнительного языкознания состоится доклад Марциса Юрьевича Гасунса «Древнеиндийская ономастика в “Махабхарате” на примере гимна “Вишнусахасранама”».
Древнеиндийская ономастика в «Махабхарате» на примере гимна «Вишнусахасранама»
«Вишнусахасранама» представляет собой яркий образец отдельного вида гимнов-стотр, сто или тысяча имен божеств. Принципы бытования эпитетов в гимне существенно отличаются от текста остального повествования “Махабхараты”, хотя большая их часть (в цельном или видоизмененном виде) встречается и за пределами “Анушасанапарвы”.
Здесь эпитеты часто описывают различные абстрактные качества и ипостаси первопринципа Вишну. Среди тысячи имен Вишну встречаются десятки повторов. Отдельные имена встречаются даже больше двух раз, в разных частях гимна. Но в контексте рядом стоящих имен они обретают новое истолкование, что отчетливо видно из средневекового комментария Саяны.
Особое внимание уделяется этимологии и мифологии, разным пластам толкования "пучков" имен по смыслу (выстраивая в ряд или, наоборот, антонимические пары) и созвучию, и значимости особой очередности имен, что оставляет обширное поле для дальнейших исследований.
Вишнусахасранама прежде не переводилась ни в ленинградском, ни в ашхабадском изданиях русского перевода “Махабхараты”. “Вишнусахасранама” является важным источником для углубленного изучения древнеиндийской традиции наречения имен.
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Tuesday, March 26, 2024
Biblical Onomasticon Speaks : An Anthroponymic and Toponymic Survey of Biblical and Epigraphic Onomasticon with Archaeological Support
Rahkonen, Pauli (2024-03-01)
Julkaisun pysyvä osoite on
https://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-12-4346-2
https://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-12-4346-2
Personal names of the Old Testament have been more widely treated scientifically already approximately 100 years (since Martin Noth 1928). Usually scholars have been concentrated on internal structures of names, such as theophoric elements, and on semantic questions. Especially, since the last part of 1980’s several studies on personal names of the Old Testament have seen daylight. The present dissertation consists of four peer reviewed articles, which have been published in publications of theological or oriental research. In addition, the dissertation consists of a so called kappa-section containing goals of the study, methods, earlier research and summary.
The present dissertation treats its subject largely. Compared with several other explorations the aspect is different, too. The essential method concentrates on the comparison between extra biblical epigraphic onomasticon and biblical data of names. One of the goals has been to clarify to which era the personal names of the selected biblical books belong. The selected books are the Pentateuch, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1–2 Samuel and Ezra–Nehamiah. One of the articles treats toponyms of the Southern Levant which can be dated to the second millennium BC. The goal has been to find out areal concentrations of different toponymic types. This, in turn, illustrates linguistic distributions in the ancient Southern Levant. These toponyms have also been compared with names outside of the studied region. Through the comparison the direction and dating of possible migrations has been possible to define. The article in question combines archaeology and onomastics.
Finally, we can briefly state that the fashion of given names has varied sometimes slowly and gradually, but sometimes even suddenly. The anthroponyms of the patriarchal narratives in Genesis resemble closely epigraphic Canaano-Amorite personal names from the Middle Bronze Age (ca 1950–1550 BC), which are found for example in the Mari archives or Egyptian execration texts. The onomasticon of the rest of the Pentateuch (Moses narratives), Joshua and Judges correspond mainly the epigraphic names originating from the Late Bronze Age and Iron Age I (ca 1550–1000 BC). In these books yahwistic names are extremely rare and begin to appear only in 1 and especially 2 Samuel. The Israelite epigraphic onomasticon of the Iron Age II (ca 1000–586 BC) resembles rather closely those of 1–2 Kings and Jeremiah. The high popularity of yahwistic names is a typical phenomenon during this period. Names of Ezra–Nehemiah represent mostly earlier (Late Iron Age II) types of anthroponyms, but a new fashion begins to appear, too. Ancient heroic biblical names, such as found in the patriarchal narratives, begin to emerge. They became dominant during the Hellenistic Period. Gamla testamentets personnamn har behandlats mer omfattande i vetenskaplig mening sedan cirka 100 år tillbaka (Martin Noths publikationer). Å andra sidan har fokus legat på namnens interna strukturer, som teofora elementen och å andra sidan på namnens semantiska frågor. Särskilt sedan slutet av 1980-talet har flera studier publicerats angående nomenklaturen i Gamla testamentet. Den aktuella avhandlingen består av fyra ”peer-reviewed” artiklar publicerade i publikationer i teologiska eller Mellanösternstudier. Dessutom innehåller den en omfattande kappa-avdelning, som introducerar t.ex. forskningsmål, metoder, tidigare forskning och en sammanfattning.
Denna avhandling behandlar ämnet ganska omfattande. Synvinkeln är också annorlunda än de flesta i tidigare studier. Den centrala metoden kristalliseras i utombiblisk och biblisk nomenklatur för statistisk jämförelse. Målet har varit att ta reda på sambandet mellan bibliska namn i jämförelse till arkeologiskt daterade epigrafiska namn. Jämförelsen har använts för att ta reda på vilken epok personnamnen på de utvalda Gamla testamentets böcker ingår. De utvalda böckerna är 1–5 Moseböcker, Josuas bok, Domarboken, Ruts bok, 1–2 Samuelsböcker och Esras och Nehemias böcker. En till av artiklarna rör toponymer i Södra Levanten som kan dateras till 2: a årtusendet f.Kr. Det här syftet med artikeln har varit att hitta regionala koncentrationer av olika namntyper. Detta ger i sin tur en bild om Södra Levantens språkliga utbredningar. Namnen har även jämförts med namn utanför regionen. Denna jämförelses mål har varit att ta reda på riktningen och tidpunkten för eventuella migrationer. Artikeln kombinerar arkeologi och namnvetenskap.
Som ett resultat kan man kort konstatera att modet för namn har ofta förändrats långsamt och gradvis, men ibland snabbt också. Namnen på de patriarkala berättelserna i Första Moseboken liknar den mellersta bronsålderns (ca 1950–1550 f.Kr.) epigrafiska kanaanitiska-amoritiska namn, som finns t.ex. bland namnen på Mari-arkivet eller egyptiska utsöndringstexter. 2–5 av Moseböckernas, Josuas bok och Domarbokens nomenklatur motsvarar för det mesta nomenklaturen för senare bronsåldern och järnåldern I (ca.1550–1000 f.Kr). Det är typiskt för dessa böcker att de s.k. Jahwistiska namnen är mycket sällsynta och blir mer allmänt i 2 Samuelsboken. Vid Järnålder II (ca 1000–586 f.Kr.) den epigrafiska israelitiska nomenklaturen liknar i stort sett till exempel namn i 1–2 Kungaböcker eller Jeremia. Jahwistiska namns popularitet är typisk. Namnen på Esra–Nehemias böcker är påhittade mestadels från namntyper tidigare än den persiska perioden, men ett nytt mode för namn börjar redan dyka upp. Forntida bibliska hjältenamn börjar dyka upp, liksom många namn av patriarkala narrativer, som blev utbredd under den hellenistiska perioden och därefter.
The present dissertation treats its subject largely. Compared with several other explorations the aspect is different, too. The essential method concentrates on the comparison between extra biblical epigraphic onomasticon and biblical data of names. One of the goals has been to clarify to which era the personal names of the selected biblical books belong. The selected books are the Pentateuch, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1–2 Samuel and Ezra–Nehamiah. One of the articles treats toponyms of the Southern Levant which can be dated to the second millennium BC. The goal has been to find out areal concentrations of different toponymic types. This, in turn, illustrates linguistic distributions in the ancient Southern Levant. These toponyms have also been compared with names outside of the studied region. Through the comparison the direction and dating of possible migrations has been possible to define. The article in question combines archaeology and onomastics.
Finally, we can briefly state that the fashion of given names has varied sometimes slowly and gradually, but sometimes even suddenly. The anthroponyms of the patriarchal narratives in Genesis resemble closely epigraphic Canaano-Amorite personal names from the Middle Bronze Age (ca 1950–1550 BC), which are found for example in the Mari archives or Egyptian execration texts. The onomasticon of the rest of the Pentateuch (Moses narratives), Joshua and Judges correspond mainly the epigraphic names originating from the Late Bronze Age and Iron Age I (ca 1550–1000 BC). In these books yahwistic names are extremely rare and begin to appear only in 1 and especially 2 Samuel. The Israelite epigraphic onomasticon of the Iron Age II (ca 1000–586 BC) resembles rather closely those of 1–2 Kings and Jeremiah. The high popularity of yahwistic names is a typical phenomenon during this period. Names of Ezra–Nehemiah represent mostly earlier (Late Iron Age II) types of anthroponyms, but a new fashion begins to appear, too. Ancient heroic biblical names, such as found in the patriarchal narratives, begin to emerge. They became dominant during the Hellenistic Period.
Denna avhandling behandlar ämnet ganska omfattande. Synvinkeln är också annorlunda än de flesta i tidigare studier. Den centrala metoden kristalliseras i utombiblisk och biblisk nomenklatur för statistisk jämförelse. Målet har varit att ta reda på sambandet mellan bibliska namn i jämförelse till arkeologiskt daterade epigrafiska namn. Jämförelsen har använts för att ta reda på vilken epok personnamnen på de utvalda Gamla testamentets böcker ingår. De utvalda böckerna är 1–5 Moseböcker, Josuas bok, Domarboken, Ruts bok, 1–2 Samuelsböcker och Esras och Nehemias böcker. En till av artiklarna rör toponymer i Södra Levanten som kan dateras till 2: a årtusendet f.Kr. Det här syftet med artikeln har varit att hitta regionala koncentrationer av olika namntyper. Detta ger i sin tur en bild om Södra Levantens språkliga utbredningar. Namnen har även jämförts med namn utanför regionen. Denna jämförelses mål har varit att ta reda på riktningen och tidpunkten för eventuella migrationer. Artikeln kombinerar arkeologi och namnvetenskap.
Som ett resultat kan man kort konstatera att modet för namn har ofta förändrats långsamt och gradvis, men ibland snabbt också. Namnen på de patriarkala berättelserna i Första Moseboken liknar den mellersta bronsålderns (ca 1950–1550 f.Kr.) epigrafiska kanaanitiska-amoritiska namn, som finns t.ex. bland namnen på Mari-arkivet eller egyptiska utsöndringstexter. 2–5 av Moseböckernas, Josuas bok och Domarbokens nomenklatur motsvarar för det mesta nomenklaturen för senare bronsåldern och järnåldern I (ca.1550–1000 f.Kr). Det är typiskt för dessa böcker att de s.k. Jahwistiska namnen är mycket sällsynta och blir mer allmänt i 2 Samuelsboken. Vid Järnålder II (ca 1000–586 f.Kr.) den epigrafiska israelitiska nomenklaturen liknar i stort sett till exempel namn i 1–2 Kungaböcker eller Jeremia. Jahwistiska namns popularitet är typisk. Namnen på Esra–Nehemias böcker är påhittade mestadels från namntyper tidigare än den persiska perioden, men ett nytt mode för namn börjar redan dyka upp. Forntida bibliska hjältenamn börjar dyka upp, liksom många namn av patriarkala narrativer, som blev utbredd under den hellenistiska perioden och därefter.
III Congrés Toponomasticon Hispaniae i XIV Congrés Internacional sobre Onomàstica
La Facultat de Filologia, Traducció i Comunicació i el monestir de Sant Miquel dels Reis acolliran del 9 al 12 d'abril el III Congrés Toponomasticon Hispaniae i XIV Congrés Internacional sobre Onomàsticaestà. Aquests esdeveniments estan alineats temàticament amb l'Estratègia Europea de Recerca i innovació 2020-2024, perquè la toponímia és considerada un bé immaterial de la Humanitat. En aquest sentit, el seu estudi està directament connectat amb la protecció dels valors dels ciutadans, ja que amb un topònim podem viatjar, com si ho férem dins d'una càpsula del temps, a les vivències i les relacions dels nostres avantpassats. Per això, abans que desaparegua aquest indicador de la història de la humanitat, és prioritari un estudi a Europa.
La inscripció per a assistir al congrés s'acabarà el 25 de març. En el Congrés col·labora el CEFIRE de Plurilingüisme de la GV, que donarà crèdits als assistents docents.
Schedule:
9 april 2024 at 15:30 to 20:00. Tuesday.
From 10 april 2024 to 12 april 2024. Wednesday, thursday and friday at 08:30 to 20:00.
Organized by Facultat de Filologia, Traducció i Comunicació.
ОНОМАСТИЧНІ ЗУСТРІЧІ «Дослідження ономастики польсько-українського пограниччя»
ІІ Міжнародна наукова конференція (6.05.2024)
6. 5. 2024 on-line conference "Onomastic Research of the Polish-Ukrainian Borderland" / Badania onomastyki pogranicza polsko-ukraińskiego / Дослідження ономастики польсько-українського пограниччя
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Friday, March 22, 2024
Dictionary of Family Names in the Visegrad Countries
Opening Words:
Section 1: Unveiling Foundations
Mariann Slíz from ELTE, Hungary, initiated the proceedings with an insightful introduction to "The Dictionary of Family Names in the Visegrad Countries," laying the groundwork for the subsequent discussions. János N. Fodor and Kitti Hauber, also from ELTE, presented a typological comparison of surname stocks across the V4 countries, offering valuable insights into naming conventions and cultural exchanges. Pavel Štěpán from ÚJČ, Czechia, delved into the delimitation of motivation categories of Czech surnames, shedding light on the underlying factors shaping naming practices. The exploration continued with Małgorzata Rutkiewicz-Hanczewska and Karolina Galewska from UAM, Poland, unveiling the frequency and structural semantics of Polish surnames, providing a comprehensive overview of their cultural significance.
The second segment of the event offered a deeper dive into the meanings and linguistic origins of common surnames in Slovakia, led by Ján Bauko and Orsolya Hegedűs from UKF. Tamás Farkas from ELTE, Hungary, explored the fascinating intersection of surnames and ethnonyms, drawing lessons from surname stocks to illuminate broader cultural narratives. Veronika Štěpánová from ÚJČ, Czechia, navigated the usability of the Dictionary in language consulting, highlighting its relevance in contemporary scholarship. Annamária Szabó T., also from ELTE, Hungary, provided invaluable insights into incorporating the Dictionary into educational contexts, offering practical guidance for educators and students alike.
As the event drew to a close, participants left with a renewed appreciation for the richness of cultural heritage encapsulated within family names. The journey through the Visegrad countries' naming traditions unveiled a mosaic of historical, linguistic, and sociocultural nuances, underscoring the importance of preserving and understanding our collective heritage.
As we reflect on the insights shared and connections forged during this remarkable event, we look forward to continued exploration and discovery in the realm of onomastics.
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Two Honorary Research Fellows appointed in the Institute for Name-Studies
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Delighted to announce the appointment of two Honorary Research Fellows in the Institute for Name-Studies, joining @UoNEnglish research community.
Camilla Balshaw (@CamillaBalshaw) is a writer and journalist working on the intersection of names and identities in modern Britain. You can find out more about Camilla's published and ongoing work on her website: camillabalshaw.uk
Dr Ayokunmi Ojebode specialises in literary onomastics, especially in an African cultural context. Ayokunmi has been an Hon. Research Fellow with the INS since 2021, and we're very pleased to have his appointment renewed. View Ayokumi's research at: researchgate.net/profile/Ayokun
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