The Oxford Handbook of Names and Naming (Oxford Handbooks)

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. All known languages make use of names, most commonly to identify individual people and places. 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.--Publisher information 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. Introduction / Carole Hough -- Part I. Onomastic Theory. Names And Grammar / Willy Van Langendonck And Mark Van De Velde ; Names And Meaning / Staffan Nyström ; Names And Discourse / Elwys De Stafani -- Part Ii. Toponomastics. Methodologies In Place-name Research / Simon Taylor ; Settlement Names / Carole Hough ; River Names / Svante Strandberg ; Hill And Mountain Names / Peter Drummond ; Island Names / Peder Gammeltoft ; Rural Names / Julia Kuhn ; Street Names: A Changing Urban Landscape / Bertie Neethling ; Transferred Names And Analogy In Name-formation / Stefan Brink -- Part Iii. Anthroponomastics. Personal Naming Systems / Edwin D. Lawson ; Given Names In European Naming Systems / Katharina Leibring ; Family Names / Patrick Hanks And Harry Parkin ; Bynames And Nicknames / Eva Brylla ; Ethnonyms / Adrian Koopman ; Person Names And Anthropology / Ellen S. Bramwell ; Personal Names And Genealogy / George Redmonds -- Part Iv. Literary Onomastics. Theoretical Foundations Of Literary Onomastics / Grant W. Smith ; Names In Songs: A Comparative Analysis Of Billy Joel's We Didn't Start The Fire And Christopher Torr's Hot Gates / Bertie Neethling ; Genre-based Approaches To Names In Literature / Birgit Falck-kjällquist ; Corpus-based Approaches To Names In Literature / Karina Van Dalen-oskam ; Language-based Approaches To Names In Literature / Paul Cavill -- Part V. Socio-onomastics. Names In Society / Terhi Ainiala ; Names And Identity / Emilia Aldrin ; Linguistic Landscapes / Guy Puzey ; Toponymic Attachment / Laura Kostanski ; Forms Of Address / Irma Taavitsainen And Andreas H. Jucker ; Pseudonyms / Katarzyna Aleksiejuk ; Commercial Names / Paula Sjöblom -- Part Vi. Onomastics And Other Disciplines. Names And Archaeology / Richard Jones ; Names And Cognitive Psychology / Serge Brédart ; Names And Dialectology / Margaret Scott ; Names And Geography / Peder Gammeltoft ; Names And History / Gillian Fellows-jensen ; Names And Historical Linguistics / Richard Coates ; Names And Language Contact / Berit Sandnes ; Names And Law / Andreas Teutsch ; Names And Lexicography / Alison Grant ; Place-names And Religion: A Study Of Early Christian Ireland / Kay Muhr -- Part Vii. Other Types Of Names. Aircraft Names / Guy Puzey ; Animal Names / Katharina Leibring ; Astronomical Names / Marc Alexander ; Names Of Dwellings / Adrian Koopman ; Railway Locomotive Names And Train Names / Richard Coates ; Ship Names / Malcolm Jones. Edited By Carole Hough With Assistance From Daria Izdebska. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 661-756) And Indexes. The Oxford Handbook of Names and Naming 4 Dedication 6 Preface 7 List of Figures 8 List of Abbreviations 10 List of Contributors 12 Introduction 22 Part I Onomastic Theory 35 Names and Grammar 35 Names and Meaning 57 Names and Discourse 70 Part II Toponomastics 85 Methodologies in Place-name Research 85 Settlement Names 103 River Names 119 Hill and Mountain Names 131 Island Names 141 Rural Names 151 Street Names: A Changing Urban Landscape 161 Transferred Names and Analogy in Name-formation 175 Part III Anthroponomastics 184 Personal Naming Systems 184 Given Names in European Naming Systems 243 Family Names 258 Bynames and Nicknames 282 Ethnonyms 296 Personal Names and Anthropology 309 Personal Names and Genealogy 325 Part IV Literary Onomastics 338 Theoretical Foundations of Literary Onomastics 338 Names in Songs: A Comparative Analysis of Billy Joel’s and Christopher Torr’s 354 Genre-based Approaches to Names in Literature 375 Corpus-based Approaches to Names in Literature 389 Language-based Approaches to Names in Literature 400 Part V Socio-onomastics 413 Names in Society 413 Names and Identity 424 Linguistic Landscapes 437 Toponymic Attachment 454 Forms of Address 470 Pseudonyms 483 Commercial Names 497 Part VI Onomastics and Other Disciplines 510 Names and Archaeology 510 Names and Cognitive Psychology 520 Names and Dialectology 532 Names and Geography 547 Names and History 558 Names and Historical Linguistics 571 Names and Language Contact 586 Names and Law 600 Names and Lexicography 619 Place-names and Religion: A Study of Early Christian Ireland 632 Part VII Other Types of Names 651 Aircraft Names 651 Animal Names 662 Astronomical Names 676 Names of Dwellings 684 Railway Locomotive Names and Train Names 693 Ship Names 703 Bibliography 709 Subject Index 847 Index of Languages 863 Oxford Handbooks in Linguistics 867 The,Oxford,Handbook,of,Names,and,Naming,978–0–19–965643–1