Nordic Journal of Socio-Onomastics (NoSo) Vol. 5 No. 1 (2025)

 

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New Issue Released: Nordic Journal of Socio-Onomastics (NoSo) Vol. 5 No. 1 (2025)

The Nordic Journal of Socio‑Onomastics (NoSo) has just published its latest issue - Volume 5, Number 1, released on August 14, 2025. As always, the issue is open access under CC‑BY 4.0, making the rich contributions widely accessible.

Featured research articles include:

• Names as resources for gendering trends within the field
  Emilia Aldrin examines how onomastic resources shape gendered naming practices in socio-onomastic research.

• Attitudes towards the adaptation of foreign personal names
  Eduardo T.R. Amaral explores perceptions toward adapting non-native names in local contexts.

• “S med en liten fjång nertill” – Det dagliga bruket av diakriter hos namnbärare med invandrade namn
  Märit Frändén (in Swedish) offers a linguistic ethnographic study of diacritic use among name-bearers with immigrant backgrounds.

• Fostering inclusivity in education: Addressing challenges for trans pupils' pronoun choice in Swedish schools
  Karin Milles investigates how schools navigate pronoun use for trans students, touching upon the onomastic layer of gender identity.

• Der Müller Peter and (s) Fischers Emma – Grammar and pragmatics of unofficial personal names in German dialects
  Theresa Schweden brings grammatical and pragmatic insights into dialectal name forms.

• Expression of Lithuanness in the names of children of Lithuanian emigrants in Norway, 1991–2020
  Daiva Sinkevičiūtė analyzes how Lithuanian identity is maintained in children’s names in diaspora.

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NoSo is published annually by the Royal Gustavus Adolphus Academy for Swedish Folk Culture and Halmstad University. It's dedicated to socio-onomastics—the study of names in social context - across historical and contemporary settings, and encourages interdisciplinary contributions of Nordic and global relevance.

Whether you're interested in identity, language policy, diaspora naming, or onomastic innovation, this issue offers rich insights. Let me know if you’d like a deeper summary of any article or ideas on applying these findings!

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Svenska

Nytt nummer publicerat: Nordisk tidskrift för socioonomastik Vol. 5 Nr. 1 (2025)

Nordisk tidskrift för socioonomastik (NoSo) presenterar sitt nya nummer - volym 5, nummer 1, publicerat den 14 augusti 2025. Numret är Open Access under CC-BY 4.0-licens, vilket innebär fritt tillgängligt innehåll.

Originalartiklar i detta nummer:

• Names as resources for gendering Trends within the field – Emilia Aldrin om hur namn fungerar som genusmarkörer inom det socioonomastiska forskningsfältet.

• Attitudes towards the adaptation of foreign personal names – Eduardo T.R. Amaral om attityder till anpassning av utländska personnamn.

• “S med en liten fjång nertill” – Det dagliga bruket av diakriter hos namnbärare med invandrade namn – Märit Frändén (på svenska), en språk- och diskursanalys av diakritiska tecken bland bärarna av immigrerade namn.

• Fostering inclusivity in education: Addressing challenges for trans pupils’ pronoun choice in Swedish schools – Karin Milles belyser inkluderande utbildning och pronomanvändning bland transstudenter.

• Der Müller Peter and (s) Fischers Emma – Grammar and pragmatics of unofficial personal names in German dialects – Theresa Schweden undersöker grammatik och pragmatik i informella personnamn i tyska dialekter.

• Expression of Lithuanness in the names of children of Lithuanian emigrants in Norway, 1991–2020 – Daiva Sinkevičiūtė analyserar hur litauisk identitet speglas i namnvalet hos barn till litauiska emigranter i Norge.

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NoSo ges ut årligen av Kungliga Gustav Adolfs akademien för svensk folkultur och Högskolan i Halmstad. Tidskriften fokuserar på socio-onomastik—namn i samhällelig och social kontext—med både historiska och samtida infallsvinklar, och välkomnar tvärvetenskapliga bidrag med nordisk eller internationell relevans.