Conference: 20-22.09.2023, Academy of Sciences and Literature Mainz, Germany Organisers: Daniel Kroiß (TU Darmstadt), Miriam Lind (Mainz University), Lena Späth (Mainz University) The naming of people and places has always been entwined with the political. This politics of onomastics has been engaged with since the late 1980s (ALIA 1989), with BOURDIEU (1991, 105) writing of “the...
The lecture series Onomastics Online continued on 19 October 2022 with a presentation given by Professor Carole Hough (University of Glasgow) with the title “Metaphor and Metonymy in Names”. 0:00 – 1:22 Introduction 1:22 – 50:39 Presentation 50:39 – 1:01:22 Discussion
by Elwys De Stefani (Heidelberg, Germany) Language philosophers and onomasticians of different approaches have variously emphasised the centrality of usage in ascertaining the nature and functions of proper names (see Coates 2017 for a recent discussion). Surprisingly, however, onomastic scholars have scarcely ever tried to document and examine how speakers actually use proper names...
Dear Colleagues, It is with great sadness that we have to inform you about the passing away of Prof. (SJ) Bertie Neethling (21/10/1947 – 20/09/2022), member of ICOS from South Africa (University of the Western Cape). He published many studies in scientific journals (Onoma, Names, Nomina Africana, etc.), in proceedings and collective volumes, as...
Onomastics Online27 September 2022, 6:00 PM (UTC)Elwys De Stefani (Heidelberg University)”Speaking with names”: On the origins, aims and methods of Interactional OnomasticsYouTube link Abstract: Language philosophers and onomasticians of different approaches have variously emphasised the centrality of usage in ascertaining the nature and functions of proper names (see Coates 2017 for a recent discussion)....
Nous invitons les chercheurs et les enseignants intéressés par l’onomastique à contribuer à la réalisationde notre prochain numéro ainsi que d’un numéro spécial dédié à une thématique spécifique. Appel à contribution pour le prochain numéro de la revue 2022 https://ojs.lib.uwo.ca/index.php/oc/index Les titres du dossier de ces numéros seront : Pour la prochaine revue :...
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The seminar “The Evolution of Shakespeare’s Names on Screen, Stage, and Page”, which will be convened during the 2023 conference organised by ESRA, thus invites contributions which include (but are not restricted to) the following topics: Shakespeare’s name changes within plays and from sources. From names to nicknames, a substantial number of names have...
The American Name Society is now inviting proposals for papers for its next annual conference. After considering an official proposal made on the 27th of May 2022, the Executive Council of the American Name Society voted to hold the 2023 Annual Conference online, as have done in the previous two years. All presentation sessions...
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