The Oxford Handbook of Names and Naming
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 9 November 2017
- ISBN 9780198815532
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages810 pages
- Size 244x170 mm
- Weight 1368 g
- Language English 1190
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Short description:
This handbook offers an up-to-date account of the state of the art in different areas of onomastics, in a format that is both useful for specialists and accessible to the general reader. International experts examine name theory, place and personal names, names in literature, socio-onomastics, names and other disciplines, and other types of names.
MoreLong description:
In this handbook, scholars from around the world offer an up-to-date account of the state of the art in different areas of onomastics, in a format that is both useful to specialists in related fields and accessible to the general reader. Since Ancient Greece, names have been regarded as central to the study of language, and this has continued to be a major theme of both philosophical and linguistic enquiry throughout the history of Western thought. The investigation of name origins is more recent, as is the study of names in literature. Relatively new is the study of names in society, which draws on techniques from sociolinguistics and has gradually been gathering momentum over the last few decades.
The structure of this volume reflects the emergence of the main branches of name studies, in roughly chronological order. The first Part focuses on name theory and outlines key issues about the role of names in language, focusing on grammar, meaning, and discourse. Parts II and III deal with the study of place-names and personal names respectively, while Part IV outlines contrasting approaches to the study of names in literature, with case studies from different languages and time periods. Part V explores the field of socio-onomastics, with chapters relating to the names of people, places, and commercial products. Part VI then examines the interdisciplinary nature of name studies, before the concluding Part presents a selection of animate and inanimate referents ranging from aircraft to animals, and explains the naming strategies adopted for them.
a judicious synthesis covering a wide range of onomastic areas and it goes well beyond the historic-philological approach of traditional onomastic studies. Professor Hough is to be congratulated for having assembled a team of experts to produce a work of reference which will be most useful to professional onomasts and non-specialists alike.
Table of Contents:
List of Figures
List of Abbreviations
List of Contributors
Introduction
Part I: Onomastic Theory
Names and Grammar
Names and Meaning
Names and Discourse
Part II: Toponomastics
Methodologies in Place-name Research
Settlement Names
River Names
Hill and Mountain Names
Island Names
Rural Names
Street Names: A Changing Urban Landscape
Transferred Names and Analogy in Name-formation
Part III: Anthroponomastics
Personal Naming Systems
Given Names in European Naming Systems
Family Names
Bynames and Nicknames
Ethnonyms
Personal Names and Anthropology
Personal Names and Genealogy
Part IV: Literary Onomastics
Theoretical Foundations of Literary Onomastics
Names in Songs: A Comparative Analysis of Billy Joel's We Didn't Start The Fire and Christopher Torr's Hot Gates
Genre-based Approaches to Names in Literature
Corpus-based Approaches to Names in Literature
Language-based Approaches to Names in Literature
Part V: Socio-onomastics
Names in Society
Names and Identity
Linguistic Landscapes
Toponymic Attachment
Forms of Address
Pseudonyms
Commercial Names
Part VI: Onomastics and Other Disciplines
Names and Archaeology
Names and Cognitive Psychology
Names and Dialectology
Names and Geography
Names and History
Names and Historical Linguistics
Names and Language Contact
Names and Law
Names and Lexicography
Place-names and Religion: A Study of Early Christian Ireland
Part VII: Other Types of Names
Aircraft Names
Animal Names
Astronomical Names
Names of Dwellings
Railway Locomotive Names and Train Names
Ship Names
Bibliography
Subject Index
Index of Languages
