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Socio-onomastics : the pragmatics of names /
The volume seeks to establish socio-onomastics as a field of linguistic inquiry not only within sociolinguistics, but also, and in particular, within pragmatics. The linguistic study of names has a very long history, but also a history sometimes fraught with skepticism, and thus often neglected by l...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Publishing Company,
[2017]
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| Colección: | Pragmatics & beyond ;
new ser., 275. |
| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro
- Socio-onomastics
- Editorial page
- Title page
- LCC data
- Table of contents
- Chapter 1. Introduction: Socio-onomastics and pragmatics
- 1. Setting the scene
- 2. Onomastics generally
- the basics
- 3. The pragmatic perspective
- 4. Socio-onomastics
- 4.1 Origins
- 4.2 Methodology
- 4.3 Major advancements
- 5. The present volume
- 6. Concluding remarks
- References
- Chapter 2. The transmission of toponyms in language shift societies
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Linguistic outcomes of language shift
- 3. Types of communities in this study
- 4. Onomastic outcome of language shift
- 5. Terminology of transmitted place names
- 6. Categories of transmitted place names
- 7. The pattern of transmitted place names in four sets of data
- 7.1 Skibotn and Kvenangsbotn
- The Nord-Troms material
- 7.2 The Kaldfjorden material
- 7.3 The Orkney material
- 7.4 The Normandy material
- 8. Onomastic patterns of transmitted names in the communities examined
- 9. Variation in the onomastic outcome after language shift
- 9.1 The time dimension after language shift
- 9.2 Onomastic outcome related to the duration of language contact and bilingualism
- 9.2 Onomastic outcome related to the duration of language contact and bilingualism
- 9.3 Onomastic outcome related to the social classification of the minority groups
- 9.3 Onomastic outcome related to the social classification of the minority groups
- 9.4 Onomastic outcome related to ethnic identity and attitudes in the minority groups
- 9.4 Onomastic outcome related to ethnic identity and attitudes in the minority groups
- 9.5 The importance of literary language
- 10. Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 3. Creating identities through the choice of first names
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Research background
- 3. The present study
- 4. Motivations for the name of a child.
- 5. Interpreting name motivations
- 6. Naming as an expression of lifestyle
- 7. Other naming resources used for social positioning
- 8. Naming and identity on a macro-societal level
- 9. The importance of interactional perspectives on identity construction through naming
- 10. Theoretical implications
- 11. Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 4. Naming of children in Finnish and Finnish-Norwegian families in Norway
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Data
- 3. Name types in the data
- 3.1 Finnish names
- 3.2 Scandinavian names
- 3.3 Other names
- 4. Choice of name types in the three family groups
- 5. Top names in the three family groups
- 6. Some Norwegian and Finnish idiosyncrasies in names
- 7. Compromise strategies in Finnish-Norwegian families
- 7.1 One first name
- 7.2 Two first names
- 7.3 First name + surname
- 7.4 Middle name + surname
- 8. Differences between the family groups
- 8.1 One first name versus multiple first names
- 8.2 Hyphenated names
- 8.3 Middle names
- 9. Interviews with name-givers
- 10. Conclusions
- References
- Internet source
- Chapter 5. Names in contact: Linguistic and social factors affecting exonyms and translated namesLinguistic and social factors affecting exonyms and translated names
- 1. Introduction
- 2. What translated names reveal: Different cases
- 2.1 Foreign use
- 2.2 Shared onomastic heritage
- 2.3 Parallel uses
- 2.4 Alphabetical necessity
- 2.5 Orthographic familiarization for phonological purposes: Exographs
- 2.6 Grammatical necessity
- 2.7 Transmitting languages, uninformedness, and confusion
- 2.8 Different pronunciation only: Exophones
- 2.9 Semantic translation
- 2.10 Independent parallels
- 2.11 Other cases of parallel names
- 3. The socio-cultural profile of exonyms and endonyms
- 4. Language users' attitudes and choices
- 4.1 Future kings of England.
- 4.2 Cities in Sweden
- 4.3 Beijing/Peking
- 4.4 Burma/Myanmar
- 4.5 Summary of the attitude survey
- 5. Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 6. Orienting to norms: Variability in the use of names for Helsinki
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Data
- 3. Names of Helsinki: The introduction of variants
- 4. Reported name use
- 4.1 Helsinki
- 4.2 Hesa
- 4.3 Stadi
- 5. Spontaneous use
- 6. Conclusions
- References
- Transcription symbols
- Chapter 7. Place names in contact: The use of Finnish place names in Swedish contexts in HelsinkiThe use of Finnish place names in Swedish contexts in Helsinki
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Finnish names in Swedish contexts
- 3. Conclusions
- References
- Internet sources
- Transcription key
- Chapter 8. Attitudes towards globalized company names
- 1. Introduction
- 1.1 Swedish-language Finland
- 1.2 Globalization and glocalization
- 2. Attitudes towards the impact of English on Swedish among Swedish-language Finns
- 3. Global influence in company names
- 3.1 Earlier studies
- 3.2 Case study: The onomastic landscape in Närpes
- 4. Opinions and attitudes towards linguistic interference in company names
- 4. Opinions and attitudes towards linguistic interference in company names
- 4.1 Explicit opinions
- 4.2 Implicit attitudes
- 5. Theoretical and methodological implications
- References
- Chapter 9. Naming businesses
- in the context of bilingual Finnish cityscapes: Naming businesses
- in the context of bilingual Finnish cityscapes
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Theoretical background
- 3. The Finnish linguistic landscapes
- 4. Methodology, data and analysis
- 5. Naming businesses
- 5.1 Names in one language
- 5.2 Names using both languages
- 5.3 Names in other languages
- 6. Discussion: Names and methodology
- 7. Concluding remarks
- References.
- Chapter 10. The perception of Somali place names among immigrant Somali youth in Helsinki: The perception of Somali place names among immigrant Somali youth in Helsinki
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Research material and research area
- 3. The Street to Mogadishu
- 4. Emotional Mogadishu
- 5. Names of Somali origin
- 6. Working towards unfamiliar names to please the researcher: On the methodological challenges of interviewing
- 6. Working towards unfamiliar names to please the researcher: On the methodological challenges of interviewing
- 7. Conclusions
- References
- Transcription symbols
- Subject index.