The Oxford Handbook of Names and Naming (Oxford Handbooks)

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. Cover Series The Oxford Handbook of Names and Naming Copyright Dedication Contents List of Figures List of Abbreviations List of Contributors 1. Introduction Part I Onomastic Theory 2. Names and Grammar 3. Names and Meaning 4. Names and Discourse Part II Toponomastics 5. Methodologies in Place-name Research 6. Settlement Names 7. River Names 8. Hill and Mountain Names 9. Island Names 10. Rural Names 11. Street Names: A Changing Urban Landscape 12. Transferred Names and Analogy in Name-formation Part III Anthroponomastics 13. Personal Naming Systems 14. Given Names in European Naming Systems 15. Family Names 16. Bynames and Nicknames 17. Ethnonyms 18. Personal Names and Anthropology 19. Personal Names and Genealogy Part IV Literary Onomastics 20. Theoretical Foundations of Literary Onomastics 21. Names in Songs: A Comparative Analysis of Billy Joel’s We Didn’t Start The Fire and Christopher Torr’s Hot Gates 22. Genre-based Approaches to Names in Literature 23. Corpus-based Approaches to Names in Literature 24. Language-based Approaches to Names in Literature Part V Socio-onomastics 25. Names in Society 26. Names and Identity 27. Linguistic Landscapes 28. Toponymic Attachment 29. Forms of Address 30. Pseudonyms 31. Commercial Names Part VI Onomastics and Other Disciplines 32. Names and Archaeology 33. Names and Cognitive Psychology 34. Names and Dialectology 35. Names and Geography 36. Names and History 37. Names and Historical Linguistics 38. Names and Language Contact 39. Names and Law 40. Names and Lexicography 41. Place-names and Religion: A Study of Early Christian Ireland Part VII Other Types of Names 42. Aircraft Names 43. Animal Names 44. Astronomical Names 45. Names of Dwellings 46. Railway Locomotive Names and Train Names 47. Ship Names Bibliography Subject Index Index of Languages Series Page 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