Results 51 to 60 of about 4,698 (174)
The cultural, ethnic and linguistic classification of populations and neighbourhoods using personal names [PDF]
, 2007 There are growing needs to understand the nature and detailed composition of ethnicgroups in today?s increasingly multicultural societies. Ethnicity classifications areoften hotly contested, but still greater problems arise from the quality and ...
Longley, PA, Mateos, P, Webber, R
core
From Mordasov to Dukhanovo and back: toponymic space of the of Dostoyevsky’s novel «Uncle’s dream» [PDF]
Актуальные проблемы филологии и педагогической лингвистики, 2019 The role of place names in Dostoevsky’s literary texts is never reduced to a nominative function, which consists in the designation of the place of action of the work.
Skuridina Svetlana A.
doaj +1 more source
The Slipperiness of Name: Biography and Gender in Australian Cultural Databases
Gender &History, Volume 37, Issue 1, Page 411-428, March 2025.Abstract In this article, we examine and historicise problems related to name and gender in biographical and cultural databases. Combining theoretical and computational approaches to onomastics, we identify contradictory naming conventions, intriguing patterns and distinct institutional vestiges in the recording and representation of artistic careers ...
Nat Cutter +2 more
wiley +1 more source
‘To assume another name’: Race, gender, family and name changing in New York City, 1887–2012
Gender &History, Volume 37, Issue 1, Page 218-233, March 2025.Abstract The name‐change petitions housed in the New York City Civil Court allow us to see the ways that Jewish families, cisgender women and transgender people throughout the twentieth and twenty‐first centuries used state mechanisms to challenge institutionalised antisemitism and traditional definitions of family and gender. At the same time, however,
Kirsten Fermaglich
wiley +1 more source
, 1993 My obsession for playing with words was ignited nearly ten years ago, with the discovery of a palindrome in a Julio Cortazar tale. Since then, I have devoted myself to accumulating historical material relating to word games, as well as to creating new ...
Llado, Jesus
core +1 more source
Population, Space and Place, Volume 31, Issue 1, January 2025.ABSTRACT Transnational family research documented well the challenges that migrated adult children experience when they want to provide care to their stayed‐behind families. Yet similar results are provided by research on long‐distance carers who are not international migrants.
David Schiefer, Magdalena Nowicka
wiley +1 more source
Qaryat al‐Fāw/Qaryatum dhāt Kāhilim: On the identity of the god Kahl
Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, Volume 35, Issue 1, Page 136-154, November 2024.Abstract Qaryatum dhāt Kāhilim (‘the City of [the god] Kahl’) is the Ancient South Arabian name of the modern site of Qaryat al‐Fāw. This compound refers to the tutelary deity of the city, in this case, a god called Kahl. However, the identity of this Kahl is obscure.
Juan de Lara
wiley +1 more source
Les éponymes démythonymiques dans le lexique du polonais et du français [PDF]
, 2018 The text presents the results of a research on the demythonymic eponyms in Polish and French language, i.e. lexical units, which derive from proper names appearing in the fi ctional space of classical myths (mythonyms).
Gałkowski, Artur
core +1 more source
Social 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
Proper Names in the Poetry of Marina Slugina
Финно-угорский мирIntroduction. In Finno-Ugric studies, there is a noticeable lack of research on literary onomastics, and the semantic functions of proper names within the structure of literary texts are insufficiently explored. The purpose of this article is to identify
Svetlana V. Sheyanova
doaj +1 more source