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This paper offers a number of semiological reflections on proper names. It contrasts the Saussurean approach to names with the related socio-onomastic (i.e. Labovian) approach and draws conclusions about their theoretical coherence and empirical viability.
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22nd International scientific conference “Onomastics of the Volga region” [PDF]
The article presents an overview of the work of the 22nd International Conference “Onomastics of the Volga region”, held on September 26–29, 2024, at Saratov State Medical University.
Danilina, Natalia Ivanovna
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About the Concept of Onomastic Identity: The Privileges' Parchments of the City of Balaguer (1211-1352) [PDF]
This paper is an analysis of the name that appears in the Pergamins de Privilegis of the city of Balaguer. The historical period that we take for this study includes the years 1211-1352. The structural study of the systems of designation allows us to say
Selfa, Moisés
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Onomastica denumirilor de vinuri și entități vinicole din Republica Moldova
The present study aims to investigate the onomastics of wine and wine-making entities in the Republic of Moldova, highlighting the role of onomastics in shaping the cultural identity of wine. Onomastics anchors wine and wine-making entities in
Nicolina MUNTEAN
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“Onomastic Archaeology” (with Reference to German Toponymy) [PDF]
The author argues that archaeology and historical linguistics, each using their own tools, both seek to understand and interpret cultures of the prehistoric and early historical periods and, thus, can enrich and supplement each other. The author believes
Albrecht Greule
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A Kiss Lajos-díj 2020. évi nyertese: dr. Bárth János
Winner of the 2020 Lajos Kiss Prize: Dr János Bárth The Lajos Kiss Prize, awarded every two or three years since 2006, is considered to be a highly prestigious award for young onomasticians.
ANITA RÁCZ
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Bactrian in Issyk‐Kushan Script: Additional Readings and Decipherments1
Abstract This article presents additional readings of several inscriptions written in the Issyk‐Kushan script, building on the improved system of sound values recently proposed by Sims‐Williams (2025b). We propose that some further lines of Dašt‐i Nāwur inscription DN III and parts of several other inscriptions can now be read as Bactrian, add new ...
Jakob Halfmann +3 more
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Late medieval Maltese surnames of Arabic and Greek origin [PDF]
As a contribution to the historical study of Maltese and Greater Sicilian onomastics, this article is an analysis of fifteenth-century Maltese surnames of low frequency (5 or less occurrences in the militia lists of 1419 and 1480) which are of certain
Hull, Geoffrey
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Greek ΜΝΗΣΘΗ and Aramaic DKYR in the Near East: A Comparative Epigraphic Study
ABSTRACT Past studies of graffiti containing the word ΜΝΗΣΘΗ have never fully established its intrinsic meaning. However, due to the existence of the Aramaic term DKYR, which carries a seemingly identical meaning to ΜΝΗΣΘΗ, in similar contexts in the Roman Near East, a comparison between both words is possible. Four distinct sites where the coexistence
Sebastien Mazurek
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Late Antique Allāh: Ancestral Arabian Religion and the Monotheistic Zeitgeist
ABSTRACT This essay addresses the ongoing scholarly tension between the monotheistic interpretations of late pre‐Islamic Arabian religion, pioneered by G. Hawting and P. Crone, and the traditional accounts of rampant Arabian polytheism found in later Islamic literary sources.
Ahmad Al‐Jallad, Hythem Sidky
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