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The Journal Voprosy onomastiki and Onomastic Studies in the Early 21st Century

open access: yesВопросы ономастики
This article marks the 20th anniversary of the journal Voprosy Onomastiki, based on responses to a questionnaire sent to its staff, editorial board, experts, and regular contributors.
Elena Lvovna Berezovich   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mapping Metaphor with the Historical Thesaurus: a new resource for investigating metaphor in names [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The AHRC-funded ‘Mapping Metaphor with the Historical Thesaurus’ project has traced the development of metaphor in English from Anglo-Saxon times to the present day using the unique evidence base of the Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English ...
Bramwell, Ellen   +2 more
core  

Are charitable donations a luxury good of the rich? Evidence from a survey and actual behavior in a superdiverse metropolis

open access: yesSocial Science Quarterly, Volume 105, Issue 5, Page 1505-1514, September 2024.
Abstract Objective Previous studies on charitable giving have emphasized the importance of socioeconomic status in explaining why individuals choose to donate or not to donate money. Other explanations, such as social capital or local contexts, have also been investigated, but these perspectives are rarely combined and tested against an actual ...
Jonas Elis   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Who in the world are the Heruli?1

open access: yesEarly Medieval Europe, Volume 32, Issue 3, Page 284-305, August 2024.
The history of the Heruli represents a historical conundrum. Because of the poor state of the sources, caution is required when analysing this subject. However, the peculiarity of the case encourages us to rethink the way we conceive of and describe migrations in Late Antiquity.
Salvatore Liccardo
wiley   +1 more source

Secretly through Salatsi: place names in Estonian runic songs related to Livonian settlement areas

open access: yesEesti ja Soome-ugri Keeleteaduse Ajakiri, 2016
The article searches for an answer to the question whether Estonian runic songs contain references to Livonians. Using the materials from the database of Estonian runic songs, the article observes some names of countries, rivers and towns.
Kristi Salve
doaj   +1 more source

Fictional Names Masquerading as Literary-Historical Monikers: Onomastic Simulacra in A. S. Byatt’s Possession

open access: yesNames, 2014
AbstractJean Baudrillard’s theory on the nature of simulation proposes that a shift from reality to representation progresses until the artificial surpasses the authentic. Phase three simulation occurs when distinctions between re­presentation and reality virtually disappear. In Possession, A. S. Byatt erodes boundaries between fictional representation
openaire   +2 more sources

Exploring named‐entity recognition techniques for academic books

open access: yesLearned Publishing, Volume 37, Issue 3, July 2024.
Recent advances in the natural language processing (NLP) field have achieved impressive results in various tasks. However, NLP techniques are underrepresented in the analysis of Humanities and Social Science texts and in languages other than English. In particular, academic books are a highly valuable source of information that has not been exploited ...
Pablo Calleja Ibañez   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Trends in Naming System on Javanese Society: a Shift From Javanese to Arabic [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Personal names could be used to trace a person's socio-historical background, including ethnic identity. Traditionally the Javanese people named their children using the Javanese language.
Aribowo, E. K. (Eric)   +1 more
core   +2 more sources

Cancer incidence among Armenians in California

open access: yesCancer Medicine, Volume 13, Issue 5, March 2024.
Abstract Introduction California is home to the largest population of Armenians in the United States. The historical categorization of Armenians as ‘White’ or ‘Some Other Race’ in population databases has likely masked cancer incidence patterns in this population.
Ani S. Movsisyan Vernon   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Changes in Livonian first names in Salaca during the 17th and 18th centuries

open access: yesEesti ja Soome-ugri Keeleteaduse Ajakiri, 2016
Under examination are the developments that occurred in name traditions that were caused by Christianisation as can be ascertained on the basis of written sources.
Aldur Vunk
doaj   +1 more source

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