A history of the notion of PROPERHOOD in philosophy and linguistics is given. Two long-standing ideas, (i) that proper names have no sense, and (ii) that they are expressions whose purpose is to refer to individuals, cannot be made to work ...
Coates, Richard
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THE ENDLESS ACCUMULATION OF HISTORY IN FINANCIAL TIMES
ABSTRACT This essay engages with Amin Samman's incisive 2019 text, History in Financial Times, which unfolds a philosophy of history for contemporary “financial times.” I turn first to Samman's concept of the strange loops of financial history, and so to the historical turn initiated by the subprime crisis of 2008.
C. N. Biltoft
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“MOJE IMIĘ TO MILION” – ONIMICZNA LEKTURA PROZY OLGI TOKARCZUK
This article examines proper nouns in the works of Olga Tokarczuk. I analyse critical assumptions of literary onomastics and try to understand to what extent the onimic layer of the works of the Polish Nobel laureate can be considered as a system.
Graf Magdalena
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Language-based approaches to names in literature [PDF]
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Cavill, Paul
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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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Semantic Interpretations of Proper Names in Literary Translation: Terry Pratchett's "Wyrd Sisters" in Bulgarian [PDF]
Name crafting has been and still is of importance when devising a literary character with certain traits and features that are meant to outstand a character's personality.
Yana Manova-Georgieva
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Professor Oktawiusz Jurewicz as a Byzantinist (1926–2016) [PDF]
The authors summarize the academic legacy of late Oktawiusz Jurewicz and his role as a leading Polish byzantinist of the second half of the 20th century.
Kompa, Andrzej, Leszka, Mirosław J.
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Toponymy in Focus. Review of the book: Barandeev, A. V. (Ed.). (2018). Voprosy geografii. Sb. 146. Aktualnye problemy toponimiki [Problems of Geography. 146. Topical Issues in Toponomastics]. Moscow: Codex. 312 p. [PDF]
The review observes a new collection of studies devoted to the problems of Russian toponymy. Released under the authority of the Russian Geographical Society that keeps a constant focus on toponymy on the pages of its journal “Problems of Geography ...
Konstantin A. Gein
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Phonetic Metaphor and the Limits of Sound Symbolism
Evocative as it is elusive, the sound-symbolism of names tends to be a highly subjective affair, more the stuff of poetic fancy than objective critical analysis.
Christopher L Robinson
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Materials for the Glossary of Literary Onomastic Terms
Thе paper presents entries and commentaries for several terms for the Glossary of Lit-erary Onomastics Terms that is currently under development. The Glossary is organized ac-cording to the terminological clusters and contains the terms grouped into six thematic fields. The terms are described via thesaurus approach, i.e.
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