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Lifestyle, Worldview and Identity: Names on Customized Vehicle Registration Plates
(York University, 2009)Local provincial authorities in South Africa responsible for the licensing and registration of vehicles, introduced a system fairly recently whereby vehicle owners can acquire a personalized or individualized registration ... -
Los extranjeros y sus nombres en Alemania. Tendencias en el proceso de elección de los nombres entre familias extranjeras, binacionales o con un trasfondo migratorio en Alemania
(York University, 2009)En Alemania viven apróximadamente 7 milliones extranjeros. Cada sexta persona tiene un "trasfondo migratorio". Hay muchas diferencias entre el sistema onomástico alemán y los sistemas onomásticos extranjeros. La solución ... -
"A Mari usque ad Mare": Reflections on Canadian toponymy – Réflexions sur la toponymie du Canada
(York University, 2009)This paper, alternating in both official languages, will feature a synoptic view of the geographical nomenclature of Canada. Topics to be covered include a historical overview of the original Aboriginal stratum, the ... -
Microtoponymie endogène et exogène: un exemple de transmission orale au sud de Chamborand (Creuse, France)
(York University, 2009)L’étude que nous présentons repose sur l’élaboration de cartes de microtoponymes dans le canton de Grand-Bourg, plus précisément en limite des communes de Saint-Etienne-de-Fursac, Chamborand et Grand-Bourg (nord de la ... -
Modifications phonétiques et morphologiques affectant les toponymes et les anthroponymes d’origine scandinave lors de leur introduction en français
(York University, 2009)La particularité linguistique de la région française nommée Normandie tient au fait qu’elle a connu lors des IXe–Xe siècles de notre ère une invasion d’origine scandinave qui a profondément marqué son histoire. ... -
Multilingual Names on the Finnish Basic Map
(York University, 2009)The <Finnish Basic Map> and the computerised <Place Name Register> maintained by the National Land Survey for map-making purposes have place names in five different languages: the official Finnish and Swedish, and three ... -
Multiple Aboriginal Place Names in Western Victoria, Australia
(York University, 2009)In a recent paper on transparency versus opacity in Australian Aboriginal placenames, Michael Walsh (2002: 47) noted that in ‘Aboriginal Australia it is relatively common for a given place to have multiple names’. In ... -
‚Munie, Mauri, Mort’. Neue Fundstücke aus der romanisch-germanischen Sprachmischzone in der westlichen Schweiz.
(York University, 2009)Auf die in Sprachkontakt- oder Sprachmischzonen festzustellenden Phänomene konzentriert sich seit jeher ein Hauptinteresse der Orts- und Flurnamenforschung. Die fortschreitende Publikation des in den letzten Jahrzehnten ... -
Nachbenennungsnamen im Berner Namengut
(York University, 2009)Der Beitrag untersucht Nachbenennungsnamen im deutschsprachigen Teil des Schweizer Kantons Bern als bewusste Benennungen mit Namen aus dem Onomastikon des Benenners, also als Homonyme bestehender Namen. Die Analyse zeigt, ... -
Name Change as a Consequence of Monastic Ownership
(York University, 2009)The normal assumption is that old Swedish habitation names are original, and the first recorded for a farm or hamlet. There are however other examples – even medieval. The most common reason for a name change was when a ... -
Names in Multi-Cultural Scotland
(York University, 2009)Naming traditions arise as products of the culture in which they are used. This research asks the question: what happens when these traditions are transplanted into a society with different naming conventions? The focus ... -
Names of Jews in Medieval Navarre (13th–14th Centuries)
(York University, 2009)This paper analyses names of Jews in the rich diplomatic collection “Navarra Judaica. Documentos para la Historia de los judíos del reino de Navarra” (Juan Carrasco Pérez, Fermín Miranda García, Eloísa Ramírez Vaquero; ... -
Naming of Minivan Taxis Used for Public Transportation in the Caribbean
(York University, 2009)Private minivans have come to be used to augment the public bus transportation system on larger islands or else to provide the only regular transportation on smaller islands. This minivan system has been exported by ... -
A Natural History of Proper Naming in the Context of Emerging Mass Production: The Case of British Railway Locomotives before 1846
(York University, 2009)The early history of railway locomotives in Britain is marked by two striking facts. The first is that many were given proper names, even where there was no objective need to distinguish them in such a way. The second ... -
New Names for Municipalities Merging from Two or More Villages or Towns
(York University, 2009)For some decades many villages in the Netherlands have been merging into new municipalities. These new entities need a new name. The central assumption in this contribution is that every participating village or town ... -
Noms de famille composés ou composites? L’exemple de la Lorraine romane
(York University, 2009)Dans son <Traité d’anthroponymie française>, Albert Dauzat consacre quelques dizaines de lignes aux noms de famille composés. Or, la confrontation de cette description avec une sélection de surnoms et de noms de famille ... -
“nostro fratello Umberto”. Die Nomination zwischen Anthroponym und Klassifikation – eine kritisch-diskursanalytische Untersuchung zur printmedialen Repräsentation von Umberto Agnelli als Führungspersönlichkeit am Beispiel des italienischen Mediendiskurses
(York University, 2009)Soziale Akteure in diskursiven Repräsentationen können mit deren Personennamen (Umberto Agnelli) angeführt werden oder die Referenz kann mittels Nomination erfolgen (Il senatore della Fiat). Nomination ist eine spezielle ... -
Not an Empty Wasteland: Place Names in Canada’s North
(York University, 2009)Compared to many places in the world where indigenous people struggle to have their voices heard, Inuit in the Canadian Arctic are in an enviable position. Nunavut occupies 1/5 th of Canada’s land mass, a vast majority ... -
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 ...