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The OnomOs Diachronic Corpus Unveiled

The Czech National Corpus, hosted by Charles University in Prague, has recently unveiled a linguistic treasure – OnomOs. This diachronic corpus is the result of collaborative efforts led by researchers from the Department of Czech Language at the Faculty of Arts, University of Ostrava, spearheaded by Jaroslav David and his team. OnomOs stands out...

Name of the Year awards – Experiences from Finland

The lecture series Onomastics Online continued on 25 October 2023 with a presentation given by Dr. Lasse Hämäläinen (University of Helsinki Almanac Office) with the title “Name of the Year awards – Experiences from Finland “. 0:00 – 2:20 Introduction 2:20 – 50:52 Presentation 50:52 – 1:07:14 Discussion

Lecture “Name of the Year awards: Experiences from Finland”

Dear ICOS members and friends, Please be reminded of the next Onomastics Online lecture by Lasse Hämäläinen: Name of the Year awards: Experiences from Finland  25 October 2023, 1:00 PM (UTC)   You can check your respective time here http://time.unitarium.com/utc/100pm). For the abstract and more details, see https://icosweb.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Hamalainen.pdf. Best regards, ICOS

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...

Monograph on Onomastic Competence in the Teaching and Use of Italian

Please join us in congratulating Dr. Artur Gałkowski on his open-access monograph “Onomastic Competence in the Teaching and Use of Italian as a Second Language. The Polish Context”. The monograph presents the results of research conducted for glottodidactic purposes from the perspective of teaching and use (learning/application) of Italian as an L2 by Polish students...

Call for ICOS 2024 workshop proposals

The call for workshop proposals for the ICOS 2024 congress in Helsinki is closing on 31 May. Thematic workshops, either 90 or 180 min long, include several thematically connected presentations. A workshop can also have an introduction and/or a final discussion. The workshop convenors decide on the length of presentations in the workshop.The convenors...

Call for Book Chapter Proposals: Names and Naming in Youth Literature

This edited collection will consider how names, depictions of naming practices, and explorations of name theory in youth literature can enrich our understanding of created worlds and, by implication, of our real world. For the purposes of this collection, we draw on the Children’s Literature Association’s conception of literature as “books, films, and other...

Dictionnaire des noms de personne dans la parémiologie espagnole

The lecture series Onomastics Online continued on 23 March 2023 with a presentation given by Ángel Iglesias Ovejero (Universidad de Orleáns ) with the title “L’expérience onomastique : un dictionnaire des noms de personne dans la parémiologie espagnole “. 0:00 – 6:01 Introduction 6:01 – 51:30 Presentation 51:30 – 1:12:22 Discussion

Lecture “Un dictionnaire des noms de personne dans la parémiologie espagnole”

22 March 2023, 4:00 PM (UTC)Ángel Iglesias OvejeroUniversité d’OrleánsL’expérience onomastique :un dictionnaire des noms de personne dans la parémiologie espagnole Résumé : Présentation du Diccionario de los nombres de persona en el refranero español. Árbol paremiológico de los antropónimos individuales (autónimos), publié à Salamanque en octobre 2022. Ce dictionnaire sui generis de 682 pages...

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