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“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 ... -
"Zwartje", "Flight of Delight" and "Chikai": Borrowed Names for Animals in Sweden
(York University, 2009)This paper deals, from a Swedish point of view, with names for domestic animals that have been borrowed from other language areas and other cultures during the last two or three centuries. There are several different ... -
The Cultural and Language Effects of the Influence of Russian on West Siberian Tatar Names
(York University, 2009)This study is part of a general investigation examining how political, economic, and cultural forces might affect a minority indigenous people speaking a different language (in this case, West Siberian Tatar in Tomsk, ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Proper Names in the Lithuanian Translation of Yann Martel’s <Life of Pi>
(York University, 2009)Proper names which are rendered by various methods are found in many works of Canadian literature, recently translated into Lithuanian. In this paper, I analyze one of these, Yann Martel’s <Life of Pi>. Proper names are ... -
Czech Toponyms of Foreign Origin as Witnesses of Multicultural Contacts in Central Europe
(York University, 2009)The fact that on the territory of the present Czech Republic different nations and ethnic groups came into close contact is also reflected in Czech toponymy where several layers of names of foreign origin can be distinguished. ... -
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, ... -
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 ... -
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. ... -
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; ... -
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. ... -
Interactive Digital Version of the <Dictionary of Moravian and Silesian Anoikonyms> (Minor Place Names)
(York University, 2009)The paper deals with the routines used by Brno linguists working on the <Dictionary of Moravian and Silesian Anoikonyms>; this publication will be not only a traditional paper dictionary, but primarily, it will have a ... -
Female Names and Male Names. Equality between the Sexes
(York University, 2009)A recent contribution to the discussion about equality between the sexes in Sweden concerns the question of whether given names should be related to biological sex. The usual pattern of given names in the Germanic world ... -
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A Glimpse through a Dirty Window into an Unlit House: Names of Some North-West European Islands
(York University, 2009)It is well known that many of the major island-names of the archipelago consisting politically of Ireland, the United Kingdom and Crown dependencies are etymologically obscure. In this paper, I present and analyse a ... -
Why Many Dutch Surnames Look So Archaic: The Exceptional Orthographic Position of Names
(York University, 2009)In the 19th century, several scholars in the Netherlands worked on a standardization of spelling of words. Only just after World War II, a uniform spelling was codified. Nobody, however, seemed to care about, or even to ... -
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 ... -
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. ... -
"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 ...