Horizons of Bulgarian Onomastics. Review of the book: Choleva-Dimitrova, A. (Ed.) (2014). Izsledovatelski khorizonti na balgarskata lingvistika: Materiali ot Natsionalna nauchna konferentsiia, posvetena na 90-godishninata ot rozhdenieto na prof. dfn Iordan Zaimov [Horizons of Bulgarian Linguistics: Proceedings of the National Conference Dedicated to Prof. Yordan Zaimov’s 90th Anniversary]. Sofia: Institut za balgarski ezik [PDF]
Вопросы ономастики, 2015 The author reviews the works on onomastics published in the proceedings of the conference Horizons of Bulgarian Linguistics dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the noted Bulgarian linguist Prof. Yordan Zaimov. The reviewed articles focus on the study of
Maya Vlahova-Angelova
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Results and Perspectives in the Study of Names: A Look from Oxford. Review of the book: Hough, C., & Izdebska, D. (Eds.). (2016). The Oxford Handbook of Names and Naming. Oxford: Oxford University Press [PDF]
Вопросы ономастики, 2016 The review provides a critical survey of the recently published volume of The Oxford Handbooks series which deals with the study of proper names.
Sergey O. Goryaev, Dmitry V. Spiridonov
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What can Nabataean Aramaic tell us about Pre‐Islamic Arabic?
Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, Volume 34, Issue 1, Page 158-172, November 2023., 2023 Abstract Nabataean Aramaic contains a large number of loanwords from Arabic. Together with other evidence, this has been taken as an indication that the Nabataeans used Aramaic as a written language only, while a Pre‐Islamic variety of Arabic was their spoken language.
Benjamin D. Suchard
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Cognitive Socio-Onomastics; A New Domain in Interdisciplinary Studies [PDF]
Interdisciplinary Studies in the Humanities, 2016 The present paper aimed to introduce cognitive socio-onomastics, an emerging scientific and research interdisciplinary and a branch of cognitive sociolinguistics.
B. Zandi, B. Ahmadi
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Solidarity with everyone? Intergroup helping and COVID‐19
Journal of Community &Applied Social Psychology, Volume 33, Issue 5, Page 1309-1326, September/October 2023., 2023 Abstract This study investigates peoples' prosocial attitudes and real‐life prosocial behaviour towards different ethnic groups during the COVID‐19 pandemic, taking Germany as an empirical example. In a preregistered multi‐study design, we examined: (a) who receives help, (b) who helps and (c) what explains prosocial behaviour. In study 1, we conducted
Ruta Yemane +5 more
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The “Cthulhu network”: The process by which the popular myth was made
The Journal of Popular Culture, Volume 56, Issue 2, Page 324-340, April 2023., 2023 Abstract In the context of popular culture, the work of Lovecraft deserves a prominent role, not only for its influence on many later authors, but for its profound impact on 20th century popular culture, from music and video games to films, comics, and merchandising.
Jose Luis Arroyo‐Barrigüete
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Renaissance Studies, Volume 37, Issue 1, Page 57-74, February 2023., 2023 Abstract This article widens the focus of the debate around multilingualism in early modern Europe. Using the life‐writing of a scholar, traveller and Protestant minister from the Scottish Highlands, Rev. James Fraser (1634–1709), it provides a North Sea perspective on the theme. The article sheds light on how Fraser and his locale (the ‘firthlands’ of
David Worthington
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Slave naming patterns : onomastics and the taxonomy of race in eighteenth-century Jamaica [PDF]
, 2001 Every year, slave owners responsible for managing estates were required by Jamaican law to submit to the local vestry an account of the whites, slaves, and livestock on their properties.
Burnard, Trevor
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THE CULTURAL RELEVANCE OF INDONESIAN PHRASEOLOGICAL UNITS AS CONTRASTED WITH POLISH
Humaniora, 2015 This article discusses Indonesian set phrases, a research area not previously investigated by Polish scholars. The aim is to analyze expressions which reveal the cultural specificity of the Indonesian speech community.
Przemysław Wiatrowski
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