Browsing International Congress of Onomastic Sciences, ICOS XXIII by Title
Now showing items 94-113 of 121
-
Renaming Indigenous Toponymy in Official Use in the Light of Contact Onomastic Theories
(York University, 2009)From the 1870’s, Norwegian authorities began to give instructions for the ways in which the indigenous Sámi toponymy had to be changed into Norwegian in official place name use. These instructions concerned especially ... -
Restrictions on Alliteration and Rhyme in the Swedish System of Personal Names in the Light of Old Germanic Parallels
(York University, 2009)I intend to demonstrate that the Swedish surname system is characterized by certain morphophonotactic restrictions, including a reluctance to use rhyme and alliteration in dithematic surnames, as for example in the following, ... -
"Rodskarl", "Trynta" and "Spænneklo". Bynames in the Town Court Record Book of Arboga from a Name-Semantic Point of View
(York University, 2009)The town court record book of Arboga is a valuable source relating to life in Sweden during the Middle Ages. It includes legal records and particulars of economic transactions such as transfers of real estate, donations ... -
Romanian-Ukrainian Connections in the Anthroponymy of the Northwestern Part of Romania
(York University, 2009)The first contacts between Romance speakers and the Slavic people took place between the 7th and the 11th centuries both to the North and to the South of the Danube. These contacts continued through the centuries till ... -
Rufnamen in Riga im 15. Jahrhundert
(York University, 2009)Die Rigaer Rufnamen im 15. Jahrhundert werden anhand des Kämmerei-Registers der Stadt beschrieben und analysiert. Die mittelniederdeutsch verfasste Quelle umfasst die Zeitperiode von 1405 bis 1475 und ist sowohl als ... -
Settlement Name Strata in the Multilingual Carpathian Basin
(York University, 2009)When entering the Carpathian Basin in the 9th century, the Hungarians found a decisively Slavic population on the territory, so toponyms were formed based on the already existing toponymic system. Hungarian toponymic ... -
Signed Languages, Linguistic Rights and the Standardization of Geographical Names
(York University, 2009)Over the last forty years, there has been considerable international work on country names, their exonyms and their standardization. This work has been based on official written names. In contrast, this paper examines ... -
Slang Toponyms in Early Twentieth Century Helsinki
(York University, 2009)In this article, we analyse spatial slang coinages by boys and young men from Sörnäinen, a bilingual working-class neighbourhood in early twentieth century Helsinki (1900–1939). During this period, Helsinki slang developed ... -
Some Challenges of Names Recognition: The Ontario Geographic Names Board, Canada, 2000–2007
(York University, 2009)Canada was one of the first countries to establish a geographical names authority and has participated in the work of standardization at the United Nations since the first conference in 1967. Over the past forty years the ... -
Southern African Onomastic Research
(York University, 2009)This paper looks briefly at the development of onomastic studies in the first three-quarters of the 20th century, touching lightly on the work of scholars like Charles Pettman, GS Nienaber (“Oom Gawie”), and Peter E. ... -
St. Benedict of San Fratello (Messina, Sicily): An Afro-Sicilian Hagionym on Three Continents
(York University, 2009)Benedetto Manasseri da San Fratello (Messina, Sicily) became the first black canonical saint in 1807. The Sicilian-born son of African parents (1524), was first a hermit, and then a lay friar of the reformed minor order ... -
Standardization of Swedish Place-Names Yesterday and Today
(York University, 2009)Since 2000, the Swedish Heritage Conservation Act (Swedish Kulturminneslagen) has included a section on ‘good place-name practice’, with an emphasis on the importance of preserving place-names as part of the nation’s ... -
Street Names and Identity. Official Naming in a European Capital of Culture
(York University, 2009)Street names are links to the past. The semantic content of many names reflects historical traditions and various cultural aspects of the urban area, sometimes also of the nation and the international community. As ... -
Surnames of Foreign Origin in a Language Contact Situation. The Reasons and Ways of Their Changes and Their Influence on the Surname Stock in Hungary
(York University, 2009)In historical Hungary the use of inheritable family names developed in a natural way among the Hungarian, German, Slovakian and Croatian population, while decrees prescribed the use of permanent family names for the still ... -
Survival by Loss of Identity: The Power of Names among Burundian Refugees in Tanzania
(York University, 2009)We investigate Burundian refugee names in Tanzania. The first name, in Kirundi (language of Burundi), reflects a person’s future or the parents’ life circumstances. Later, Burundians are given a French Christian name. ... -
Toponimia Valenciana de la Edad Media, entre el mundo árabe, catalán y aragonés: pautas para interpretarla
(York University, 2009)La comunicación pasa revista a cientos de topónimos medievales y propone unas pautas de aproximación etimológica a ellos para evitar caer en explicaciones absurdas, guiados por las apariencias. Partiendo de la documentación ... -
Toponymie et contrepoids aux effets du paysage linguistique en situation de contact des langues
(York University, 2009)Affichée, la toponymie appartient à ce que Bourhis et Landry (1997) nomment le « paysage linguistique ». En situation de contact des langues, le paysage linguistique joue un rôle symbolique chez les groupes occupant un ... -
Toponymy on Norfolk Island, South Pacific: The Microcosm of Nepean Island
(York University, 2009)Norfolk Island, South Pacific provides linguists a near laboratory case study in naming, language contact and environmental management. The two languages spoken on the island, Norf’k – the language of the descendents of ... -
Towards a Chronology of Topographical Elements in Irish Place-Names: Some Strategies for Establishing Relative Chronology
(York University, 2009)This paper examines the issues involved in establishing the chronology of elements referring to landscape features. Much work has been done on the Irish topographical lexicon in recent decades, notably by Prof. Liam Mac ... -
Traduction multilingue de toponymes en botanique
(York University, 2009)En raison de leur omniprésence dans la formation de noms de plantes, l’étude des toponymes nous permet de mieux comprendre la nomenclature botanique et ces derniers constituent des «points de repère» utiles pour identifier ...