Browsing International Congress of Onomastic Sciences, ICOS XXIII by Title
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Old English 'meresteall' and Old Swedish '*marstall'. A Northwest Germanic Compound and Place Name Element?
(York University, 2009)In the province of Uppland in Sweden there is a village called 'Marstalla', written 'in marstaldum', 'in marstal' 1312. The first element has been interpreted as 'mar' (marsh, lake) or '*mar' (horse). In the latter case ... -
Old Hungarian River Names in the Multilingual Carpathian Basin
(York University, 2009)When analysing the etymological layers of Hungarian river names, it soon becomes clear that loan names make up a much larger group than in the group of settlement names, for instance. This fact can be due to the phenomenon ... -
On the Name of the Weekly Day of Rest
(York University, 2009)In antiquity, Jews developed the concept of a seven-day week with the seventh day, named ‘Shabbat’, devoted to rest and worship. This concept was later borrowed by other religions and cultures but the day of rest was ... -
<Onomastik und Akkulturation> Einblicke in das Saarbrücker Forschungsprojekt
(York University, 2009)Große Teile Süd- und Westeuropas sind in Spätantike und frühem Mittelalter von den Begegnungen der römischen Zivilisation und des Christentums mit den gentilen Gesellschaften geprägt. Anders als in fast allen kulturellen ... -
Opening Remarks
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Opportunity or Threat? The Role of Minority Toponyms in the Linguistic Landscape
(York University, 2009)This paper will consider how the choice to include minority place-names on signs can constitute an act of renaming in itself. A relationship will also be shown between toponymy and studies of the "linguistic landscape" ... -
Oppositions in Toponymy
(York University, 2009)The paper is focused on semantic oppositions occurring in both settlement and non-settlement names from the territory of Bohemia. The “oppositions” are understood more broadly, comprising not only the antonymic semantic ... -
Ortsnamen und Ortsbeschreibungen im Gespräch und deren Relevanz für die soziale Strukturierung einer alpinen Gemeinschaft
(York University, 2009)Eigennamen werden in der namenkundlichen Forschung vorwiegend aus einer historischen Perspektive untersucht. In diesem Beitrag sollen onymische Einheiten einer synchronen Analyse unterzogen werden. Auf der Grundlage ... -
Ortsnamen, Siedlungslandschaften und Ethnien in der nordböhmischen Elbtallandschaft
(York University, 2009)Frühgeschichtliche Siedlungsareale lehnen sich häufig an den Lauf größerer oder kleinerer Flüsse an. Dies gilt auch für eine Reihe von Landschaften des Früh- und Hochmittelalters, die sich entlang der Elbe, nördlich und ... -
Papers given at ICOS XXIII, but not included in this volume
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Patterns in the Names of Māori Representative Sportsmen in New Zealand, 1884–2007
(York University, 2009)Since the late nineteenth century, just over 2,200 men have represented New Zealand in rugby union, rugby league and cricket. Of these men 310 are known to have Māori ancestry. In this paper six questions are asked of ... -
Personal Names of Livonian Origin in Latvia: Past and Present
(York University, 2009)The anthroponymic system of Latvian – one of the Baltic languages – contains many borrowed names: anthroponyms of German, Russian, Polish, Swedish, Lithuanian and also Finno-Ugric (Livonian, Estonian, and Finnish) origin. ... -
Place Names as Identity Markers
(York University, 2009)Place-names are first and foremost labels attached to one’s surroundings, as useful today as in prehistoric times. Since place-names have been coined as descriptions of the features in question, or of circumstances that ... -
Place Names in the Construction of Social Identities: The Uses of Names of Helsinki
(York University, 2009)Toponyms are used not only to identify places, but also to accomplish many relevant social and interactional tasks. In a conversation speakers may use diverse forms of a toponym or different names to refer to the same ... -
Pointy Helmets and Buckteeth: Naming in Sign Language – an Exploration
(York University, 2009)Proper names exist in all cultures and carry a special meaning for the name bearers and name givers. Within the Deaf community, names given can be for official or everyday usage as well as restricted to use only within ... -
Political Issues in Australian Aboriginal Toponymies
(York University, 2009)Briefly we consider some of the political issues that arise in relation to Australian Aboriginal place names. First, we look at Aboriginal place names in Land Claim and Native Title cases through which there has been a ... -
Pre-Christian Sacral Personal Names in Scandinavia during the Proto-Scandinavian Period
(York University, 2009)This paper deals with personal names from the Proto-Scandinavian period that refer to religious concepts such as gods or holiness. Such names fall into four categories. The first one contains '*ansuz' (as; heathen god) ... -
The Presentation of Saami Place-Names on Swedish Maps during 100 Years
(York University, 2009)My essay is a critical view of the process of standardizing Saami place-names on the official maps in Sweden. The starting-point of the essay are the Saami place-names that were first published on the ordnance maps at ... -
Probleme der deutschen Straßennamenchronologie und -typologie im Zeitabschnitt von 862 bis 1711 auf dem von Madjaren besiedelten Gebiet des Karpatenbeckens
(York University, 2009)Im Karpatenbecken hat sich das selbständige finnisch–ugrische Siedlungsnamensystem zwischen 985 und 1055 herausgebildet. Die endgültige Ausbildung des mittelalterlichen Städtewesens auf dem ganzen Gebiet des ehemaligen ... -
Proper Names in Education: Global Tendencies and Local Traditions
(York University, 2009)Within the higher education field proper names can be confusing as identifying them and tracing their occurences is quite a difficult task. Not only is their history quite unclear. They occur and function in our conceptual ...