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Saturday, September 30, 2023
ӨҢІР ОНОМАСТИКАСЫ ӨЗЕКТІ
В Тамбове пройдет Международный конкурс по ономастике
В Тамбове состоится Международный дистанционный ономастический конкурс «В мире имен и названий». Его организатором выступает Тамбовское библиотечное общество в рамках проекта ««Мягкая сила» русского языка».
В конкурсной программе две номинации: «Происхождение топонимов Центрального Черноземья России» и «Происхождение фамилий (антропонимов) известных людей, связанных жизнью и творчеством с Тамбовским краем».
Творческое исследование можно представить в виде видеофильма, фотоматериала, а также эссе, рассказа или презентации.
Председателем жюри выступит известный российский лингвист, доктор филологических наук, профессор кафедры русского языка ТГУ им. Г.Р. Державина, специалист по ономастике Антонина Щербак.
Итоги конкурса «В мире имен и названий» станут известны 15 октября текущего года. Их опубликуют на сайтах «Тамбовского библиотечного общества» и Тамбовской областной универсальной научной библиотеки им. А.С. Пушкина.
Friday, September 29, 2023
Thursday, September 28, 2023
Book Launch: Glasgow’s Gaelic Place-names
FREE EVENT, ALL WELCOME
Join us in celebrating the launch of Glasgow's Gaelic Place-names co-written by Alasdair C. Whyte, Katherine Forsyth, and Simon Taylor.
Book info:
It is time to bin – once and for all – the nonsense that Gaelic was never spoken in Glasgow. In fact, Glasgow's place-names tell us that Gaelic has been spoken in Glasgow for around a thousand years. Showcasing new research from the University of Glasgow, this illustrated guide to Glasgow's Gaelic namescape reveals how place-names are a key to unlocking Glasgow's hidden past and takes the reader on a journey of discovery the length and breadth of this great modern city – from Yoker in the west to Daldowie in the east, via Boclair, Carmunnock and many other places in between. The truth about Glasgow's past, present and future dispels myths and throws up countless surprises about Glasgow's deep Gaelic roots.
Please note: this event will take place in-person and online (Zoom), so be sure to make your attendance clear when selecting your tickets.
Date and time
Location
Boyd Orr Building
University Avenue Glasgow G12 8SP United KingdomTuesday, September 26, 2023
The Place-Names of Dorset: Unlocking Their Secrets
About this event
What’s in a name? You can find out, as Dorset History Centre is thrilled to present an afternoon in discussion with Richard Coates (President of the English Place-Name Society) and David Hinton (member of the English Place-Name Society).
The afternoon will reveal the secrets behind some of the common and unusual place names which surround us and explore some of the issues arising from compiling a definitive account of place names. The completion of Dorset's place names survey has taken 40 years, making this a major academic achievement which has created a wonderful resource for fun and learning.
There will also be a selection of historic and beautiful maps from Dorset’s archives on display for visitors to enjoy during the afternoon.
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The afternoon's schedule is:
2.00 A welcome to DHC
2.10 A word from David Mills on the big screen. Tribute to David Mills and his place-names survey by a member of the Council of the English Place-Name Society
2.20 A talk from Richard Coates, President of the English Place-Name Society, University of the West of England: “Treasures and pleasures among Dorset’s place-names”
3.00 Refreshments and a chance to view a selection of maps held at Dorset History Centre
3.30 A talk from David Hinton, Emeritus Professor of Archaeology, University of Southampton: “The place-names of Dorset and the shire's archaeology”
4.15 Brief closing remarks
Date and time
Location
Dorset History Centre
Bridport Road Dorchester DT1 1RP United KingdomMonday, September 25, 2023
Die Mainzer Namentagung 2023 "Namen und Politik"
Die Mainzer Namentagung 2023 "Namen und Politik" fand vom 20. bis zum 22. September an der Universität Mainz statt. Barbara Aehnlich und David Brosius hatten die Ehre, den Eröffnungsvortrag mit dem Titel "Vieldiskutierte Benennungsmotive und frequente Fehlinterpretationen: Thüringische Flurnamen mit Bezügen auf das Leben ethnischer Minderheiten" zu halten. Erinnert ihr euch an unseren Aufruf vor einigen Monaten, bei dem wir nach Namen suchten, die auf Juden und/oder Angehörige der Sinti und Roma hinweisen? Ihr habt uns großartig unterstützt und uns 351 (!) Namen zur Verfügung gestellt, die wir zusätzlich zu unserem Archivbestand auswerten konnten. DANKE dafür!
Es war faszinierend zu erarbeiten, dass Flurnamen mit dem Wortbestandteil "Jude" oft direkt auf jüdisches Leben hinweisen, obwohl historische und teils auch moderne volksetymologische Deutungen regelmäßig versuchen, andere Motive hineinzulesen. Ähnlich verhält es sich mit Begriffen wie "Zigeuner" oder "Tatar", die früher auch für andere Personengruppen verwendet wurden, die nicht unbedingt Angehörige der Sinti und Roma waren. Heute sind diese Namen oft mit Geschichten angereichert, die zwar wissenschaftlich nicht haltbar sind, aber stets Stereotype gegenüber Sinti und Roma transportieren. Es ist daher von großer Bedeutung, dass die wissenschaftliche Flurnamenforschung solche Fehl- und Umdeutungen von Namen aufdeckt.
Neben unserem eigenen Vortrag haben wir auch viele andere spannende Präsentationen gehört. Themen wie Siedlungsumbenennungen während des Nationalsozialismus und zweisprachige Ortsschilder in Norddeutschland haben unsere Perspektiven erweitert. Am zweiten Tag beschäftigten wir uns unter anderem mit Fragen der sprachlichen Diskriminierung auf dem Wohnungsmarkt und hörten eine Expertin zum Thema "First name regulation in Denmark". Der dritte Tag war nicht weniger interessant und befasste sich mit Themen wie der Genese des patriarchalen Ehenamenprinzips. Am Ende hatten wir sogar noch Zeit, die größte Stadt Rheinland-Pfalz, das wunderbare Mainz, näher zu erkunden.
Saturday, September 23, 2023
60,000 names of forgotten slaves rescued in pencil
by ÁNGELES LUCAS New Orleans -
“FANNY, 22 years old. And her son DAVID, 3 years old, and her daughter, 5 months old. Sold to Eugénie Dupré for $900.” Written in 3H graphite pencil on an extensive white sheet, Fanny without a surname and with the sonority of an affectionate abbreviation of an English name, was one of the African-Americans enslaved in the United States from 1808 to 1860.
We now know that she and her minimal history existed because of the zeal of 75-year-old calligrapher and researcher Phyllis Goodnow to give visibility to 60,000 slaves who were bought, stolen, sold, and sent to the south of the U.S. during that period through her project History Enslaved / History in Bondage. It has taken her eight years to compile and trace every letter of the onomastic list of each of the individuals recorded on 30 rolls of microfilm she found while researching at the National Archives in Washington D. C., titled “Slave Manifests of Coastwise Vessels Filed at New Orleans, Louisiana, 1807-1860.”
Find the full text by following the link above
Do Elephants Have Names?
Friday, September 22, 2023
ONOMASTICS ONLINE | Christian Galinski: Terminology – past, present and future
Thursday, September 21, 2023
VI Xornada da Comisión Especializada de Nomes Xeográficos
Saturday, September 16, 2023
VI Xornada da Comisión Especializada de Nomes Xeográficos
O vindeiro 21 de setembro celebrarase na Cidade da Cultura de Galicia a VI Xornada da Comisión Especializada de Nomes Xeográficos, co título Os nomes xeográficos e o mundo dixital.
Os nomes xeográficos son o reflexo do proceso de humanización e caracterización do territorio, así como da evolución da paisaxe ao longo da historia. Os topónimos son o sangue vital da cartografía, pois describen unhas categorías físicas e culturais a múltiples escalas. Como parte fundamental que son do noso patrimonio cultural inmaterial, é necesario conservalos, normalizalos e difundilos usando as novas tecnoloxías co obxectivo de proxectalos cara ao futuro. A creación de recursos dixitais adaptados aos novos retos da sociedade actual permitiranos fomentar o uso da toponimia normalizada e aproveitala para a investigación en diversas disciplinas ou para a xestión do territorio. Este é o camiño que están a seguir, a distintos ritmos, as comunidades autónomas para a creación dos seus respectivos nomenclátores xeográficos, respectando os estándares establecidos polas autoridades competentes, tanto no ámbito lingüístico coma no xeográfico, e cumprindo co modelo de datos interoperables que esixe a directiva INSPIRE da Comunidade Europea.
A Xornada está organizada pola Comisión Especializada de Nombres Xeográficos e o Instituto Xeográfico Nacional
en colaboración coa Xunta de Galicia e a Real Academia Galega
(RAG).
Programa
Xornada de mañá
9:00 Recepción de asistentes
9:30 Presentación da Xornada. Autoridades
10:00 “El nuevo visor del Nomenclátor Geográfico Nacional”, por Angélica Castaño Suárez. Instituto Geográfico Nacional.
10:30 “Galicia Nomeada: toponimia colaborativa”, por Vicente Feijoo Ares. Real Academia Galega – Xunta de Galicia
11:00 "Conexión entre Nomenclátor y cartografía oficial. Retos en el tránsito de nombre a rótulo", por Oihana Mitxelena. Diputación Foral de Guipuzkoa.
PAUSA CAFÉ
12:00 “Elaboración de la segunda edición de las Directrices toponímicas de uso internacional para editores de mapas, cartas náuticas y otras publicaciones”, por Maite Mollà Villaplana. Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
12:30 "Innovaciones en el Nomenclátor del INE", por Mª Natalia Fojo Diaz. Instituto Nacional de Estadística.
13:00 “La toponimia en mapas antiguos como herramienta para trazar su linaje: A transmisión del topónimo Elcano en la cartografía de los siglos XVI-XVII”, por Marcos F. Pavo López. Instituto Geográfico Nacional.
Xornada de tarde
16:00 “Proceso de normalización de la toponimia geográfica en el Principado de Asturias”, por Juncal Mónica García Velasco. Principado de Asturias.
16:30 “Últimos avances en el Nomenclátor Xeográfico de Andalucía”, por Mª Teresa Garrido Borrego. Instituto de Estadística y Cartografía de Andalucía.
17:00 “El nomenclátor xeográfico de las Illes Balears y el visor de gestión, actualización y consulta”, por Eulàlia Fons Carbonell. Institut Cartogràfic i Geogràfic de les Illes Balears.
17:30 Clausura
Inscrición
Esta Xornada está dirixida ao público en xeral co interese no tratamento dos nomes xeográficos. A asistencia é gratuíta previa inscrición, ata completar a capacidade da sala. O prazo para anotarse remata o 11 de setembro de 2023.
Retransmisión enstreaming
As persoas que desexen seguir a xornada a distancia poderán conectarse para a emisión en streaming na seguinte ligazón: https://youtube.com/live/gGKUHBIZRRY?feature=share
Sede
Monte Gaiás s/n
15707 Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña
Contacto
toponimia@academia.gal
Workshop "Non-bare Proper Names. Proper Names with Determiners and Modifiers in a Cross-linguistic Perspective"
Workshop
Cologne, Germany, May 16-17, 2024
Proper names have been widely studied from a philosophical and a linguistic perspective (Frege, 1892; Russell, 1905; Strawson, 1950; Searle, 1958; Donnellan, 1970; Kripke, 1980; Soames, 2002; Elbourne, 2005; Fara, 2015; Matushansky, 2006, 2008, 2014, 2015, among others). Over the last decades, they have become an important subject of investigation with respect to the semantics of reference and the syntax of the nominal phrase and, more specifically, to the different types of determiners and modifiers they can combine with, such as indefinite and definite articles (von Heusinger & Wespel, 2007; Gomeshi & Massam, 2009; Bernstein et al., 2019; Camacho, 2019; Saab, 2021; Oggiani & Aguilar-Guevara, forthcoming), honorific particles (Saab, 2021), and adjectives (Sigurdsson, 2006; Bernstein et al., 2019). There is also a growing interest in the cross-linguistic perspective (e.g. Caro Reina, 2020, 2022; Becker, 2021; Caro Reina & Helmbrecht, 2022).
In this context, the research project “Proper Names with Determiners and Modifiers in a Cross-linguistic Perspective” aims to contribute to this discussion by bringing together researchers working on proper names with determiners and/or means of modification from a morphological, syntactic, semantic, or pragmatic perspective. The starting event of this research group will be the workshop “Non-Bare Proper Names: Proper Names with Determiners and Modifiers in Cross-Linguistic Perspective”. The workshop will take place in Cologne, Germany, in May 2024, and will be followed by later academic events in Mexico and Uruguay.
Invited Speakers
- Javier Caro Reina (Universität zu Köln)
- Hans Kamp (University of Stuttgart)
- Ora Matushansky (CNRS, Paris)
Organizers
- Ana Aguilar Guevara (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México)
- Timo Buchholz (Universität zu Köln)
- Klaus von Heusinger (Universität zu Köln)
- Carolina Oggiani (Universidad de la República, Uruguay)
- Julia Pozas Loyo (El Colegio de México)
Call for papers
We invite contributions on proper names with determiners, quantifiers and/or any means of modification, as well as honorifics, diminutives, classifiers, and other affixes, from a morphological, syntactic, semantic, or pragmatic perspective. The main questions this Workshop seeks to answer are:
- What categories can accompany proper names in natural language?
- What is the meaning contribution of these categories? How does it combine with that of proper names?
- What kind of syntax do determined and modified proper names project?
The Workshop will take place at Universität zu Köln, Germany, on May 16-17, 2024.
Abstracts
We invite submissions for 30 min presentations (plus 15 min for discussion) in English. Abstracts should be anonymous and not longer than two pages (Times New Roman 12 pt., single space, 2,4 cm margins). They should be submitted in pdf format to the EasyChair site.
Important dates
- Deadline for submissions: December 11, 2023
- Notification of authors: January 15, 2024
- Workshop: May 16-17, 2024
CfP “Mysterious are the ways of the name: Biblical anthroponyms in secular contexts
CALL FOR PAPERS
for a topical issue of Onomástica desde América Latina
ODAL invites submissions for the topical issue “Mysterious are the Ways of the Name: Biblical Anthroponyms in Secular Contexts” edited by Eugen Schochenmaier (e-Onomastics, ICOS, Germany).
Introduction:
Biblical anthroponyms, the names of individuals found in Scripture, hold a significant place in religious and cultural histories. These names are often deeply intertwined with religious narratives, moral lessons, and spiritual symbolism. However, the influence of biblical anthroponyms extends beyond theological boundaries, permeating various secular realms. The Journal Onomástica desde América Latina invites scholars from diverse fields to contribute original research exploring the multifaceted presence and implications of biblical anthroponyms in secular contexts.
Scope and Aim:
This special journal issue seeks to examine the intersection of biblical anthroponyms and secular environments, delving into their role, significance, and impact across a wide range of disciplines. While these names originate in religious traditions, they frequently find resonance in literature, art, history, psychology, sociology, linguistics, and more. This issue aims to foster an interdisciplinary dialogue that uncovers the dynamic ways in which biblical anthroponyms have shaped secular narratives, language, and thought (i.e., Names in the Bibles Project (2022), by Mondonomo).
Especially welcomed (but not limited to) are papers that explore the interaction between biblical anthroponyms and secular contexts under the lens of:
- socioonomastics: the study of names from a sociolinguistic perspective, which examines the use and variety of names through methods that demonstrate the social, cultural, and situational conditions in name usage. As a part of the present topical issue, it should aim to explore variations of names over time and space – why are some Bible-based personal names given and others not, why are some so popular and others fell into oblivion? (e.g. Onomastics between Sacred and Profane (ed. by Oliviu Felecan, 2019)
- geonomastics: the study of distributional patterns of proper names that may clarify how proprial units and their geography are interrelated. It can be about atlases of surnames, maps of hagionyms, repartition of onyms on a given territory (Saintly Placenames in Europe), distributional figures of onomastic cognates (Propensity of the name John in the respective national language), percentage maps of one personal name in different areas (Paul Surname Maps of Ireland), etc.
- deonomastics: the study of common names that are derived from personal names. Such deonymic appellatives, mirroring the lexicalization of proper nouns, imply both semantic and formal shifts. Through this endeavour, our intention is to ascertain whether biblical names continue to contribute to the enrichment of the lexicon in the 21st century (e.g. La lexicalización de los nombres bíblicos en la historia del español (2017) by Consuelo García Gallarín)
The articles must be submitted electronically by ODAL platform for the section Dossier, the call for papers opens in September 2023 and ends in February 2024. The dossier is expected to be published in May 2024.
Link to the Journal: Onomastics from Latin America (unioeste.br)
For more information contact the editor in chief: Marcia.Seide@unioeste.br
Wednesday, September 13, 2023
XXXI Jornada d'Antroponímia i Toponímia: Els malnoms
Convocatòria de comunicacions
L’any 1980, amb les publicacions «Reflexions sobre els malnoms de Mallorca, Menorca i Eivissa», d’Enric Moreu-Rey, i «Normes per a l’aplec i l’estudi dels malnoms», de Joan Miralles, començà l’estudi contemporani i acadèmic dels malnoms al nostre país en tots els vessants: des de l’ambiciós projecte d’arreplega i estudi exhaustiu del corpus de malnoms per localitats fins a l’àmbit de l’antropotoponímia, atès que els malnoms són presents en una gran part de la toponímia.
Els investigadors demostren que l’estudi dels malnoms es pot emprendre des d’àmbits varis: escodrinyar les etimologies d’aquelles formes úniques i de vegades arcaïtzants que no trobam en cap altre àmbit de la llengua; evidenciar la productivitat de formes que es repeteixen a la majoria de les localitats; estudiar les migracions a través de la petjada en la toponímia; analitzar la diversitat de tipologies existents, el component social i les motivacions a l’hora de produir-los; els processos de transmissió familiar...
Contingut de les comunicacions
Les comunicacions han de ser inèdites i es valorarà, preferentment, que s’ajustin al tema proposat pel Gabinet d’Onomàstica: «Els malnoms a les illes Balears i Pitiüses». Tot i això, serà benvinguts els estudis sobre malnoms de la resta de territoris dels Països Catalans.
Així mateix, es podran presentar comunicacions de qualsevol altre aspecte de l’onomàstica, com s’ha fet a les jornades passades. Es valoraran, especialment, aquells estudis que enfoquin l’onomàstica des d’una perspectiva interdisciplinària.
Informació necessària
Abans de la Jornada i durant el termini d’inscripció dels ponents, els investigadors han d’enviar al Gabinet d’Onomàstica (<consultes.onomastica@uib.cat>) el títol de la comunicació (o les comunicacions) i un resum, com a màxim, de 200 paraules.
Termini per enviar propostes de comunicació al Gabinet d’Onomàstica
La data límit per rebre les propostes de comunicació és el 3 de novembre de 2023.
Sunday, September 10, 2023
Is India changing its name to Bharat?
Programme of the II Congreso TOPONOMASTICON HISPANIAE
Claves en la investigación toponímica
2, 3 y 4 de octubre de 2023
Miraflores de la Sierra & Alcalá de Henares
UAM & UAH