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Trend Analysis of Toponymic Competence: Returning to Tépe, Hungary
Вопросы ономастикиThe results of the previous research conducted by the author in Tépe, Hungary, in 2013, suggested that the population of the village was acquiring fewer and fewer toponyms. This paper provides empirical confirmation of this phenomenon through a follow-up
Erzsébet Győrffy
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In-game Toponyms: Telling the Story and Building the Video Game World
, 2023 This article deals with video game toponyms as a representation of a toponymic concept – a unit of onomastic knowledge concerning spatial and geographical characteristics of a location.
Kuzmenko, Oleksandra
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'Our family came to be with this name'
Nordisk Tidskrift för SocioonomastikThe article focuses on surname choices among families in Denmark, seeking to add a new perspective by proposing that the choices and narratives of surnames contain information about and reflect family identity formation as well as family and gender ...
Katrine Kehlet Bechsgaard
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Exploring the Sociolinguistic Dynamics of Naming Motivations among Telugu Catholics
ExchangesThis study focuses on exploring the motivations behind given names among the Telugu Catholics. By distributing survey questionnaires, data were collected on participants' motivations, aiming to generate qualitative insights.
Smita Joseph
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A Note on Selected Craft Beer Brand Names
Names, 2018 This note addresses selectively the names of craft beers produced by U.S. microbreweries. It considers the following points: (1) a brief history of beer, (2) the rise of the microbrewery in the U.S., (3) a definition of microbrewery, (4) a brief ...
Frank Nuessel
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Evolution of Anthroponyms in an Area of Linguistic Transition: A Socio-Onomastic Study
Names, 2018 This study analyses the evolution of the anthroponymical repertoire of a municipal council located in the west of the province of Vizcaya, in the Spanish Basque Country. It has traditionally been a Spanish-speaking area, although it is now clearly influenced by the language policies of the Basque Autonomous Community to which it belongs, where recent ...
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Personal Names, Hitler, and the Holocaust. A Socio-Onomastic Study of Genocide and Nazi Germany.
Names, 2019 Dr. I. M. Nick enjoys a well-deserved reputation for her meticulous scholarship and her ability to engage in interdisciplinary research.
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On Some Current Trends in Kazakh Anthroponymy (Based on Materials from Almaty)
Вопросы ономастики, 2020 This research paper offers a study of newborns’ names in Kazakhstan over the last two decades — from 2000 to 2018. The present study investigates changes and current trends in the national anthroponymicon, attributable to historical, social, political ...
Gulmira B. Madiyeva +1 more
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Nordisk Tidskrift för SocioonomastikThis paper seeks to offer a broad examination of themes related to personal names within the context of migration. It gives a survey of how language contact effects the name form and reviews various socio-onomastic perspectives, including name choice ...
Michelle Waldispühl
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