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First volume of the new Nordic Journal of Socio-Onomastics is now published

We are happy to announce that the first volume of Nordic Journal of Socio-Onomastics / Nordisk tidskrift för socioonomastik is now published online with free open access. It contains a collection of articles with various socio-onomastic perspectives including an interactional approach to the use of disease names, commodification of sponsored place names, sociopragmatic variation in references related to female first...

Proceedings of the International Onomastic Conference in Bulgaria

Dear colleagues, We are glad to inform you that the e-edition of the Proceedings of the International Onomastic Conference “Anthroponyms and Anthroponymic Researches in the Beginning of 21stCentury”, dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the birth of prof. Yordan Zaimov, Dr. Sc. (1921-1987) 20-22 April 2021 has been published on the official web-site of Prof. Marin Drinov Publishing House of Bulgarian Academy of Sciences: https://press.bas.bg/en/eBooks-105/show-106(29). Organizing committee

ICOS Lists of Key Onomastic Terms in various languages

Terminology in onomastics is a complex and difficult matter which the Terminology Group of ICOS is at present trying to resolve. It has completed a part of its work and now you may enjoy the results of their international cooperation in various languages here. Additionally to English, French and German, the list of onomastic...

Names as Metaphors in Shakespeare’s Comedies

We are delighted to present to you the recent work of our colleague Prof. Grant W. Smith (Eastern Washington University). Prof. Grant Smith is a well-known researcher with an excellent reputation in the onomastic world. For several decades he has had an intense activity, quantified by publications in scientific journals, proceedings, participation in congresses...

Toponymic Centenarian: Gwynedd Pierce

Congratulations to Gwynedd Pierce, Honorary President of the Welsh Place Name Society (WPNS) and former president of the Society for Name Studies in Britain and Ireland (SNSBI), on celebrating his hundredth birthday today! May 2021 will see the hundredth birthday of Emeritus Professor Gwynedd Pierce. Gwynedd was head of the department of Welsh History...

Over 20,000 Visits of Onoma Journal’s Website

Launched two years ago, in 2019, the Onoma Journal’s Website attracts more than 20,000 visitors, readers and researchers from all over the world. Which pages of a website are most popular? Let us have a look: Founded in 1950, Onoma (ISSN: 0078-463X; e-ISSN: 1783-1644) is one of the oldest journals in the field of...

Call for papers “Onomástica desde América Latina”

Call for papers  The Journal of Onomastics from America Latina publishes articles in English, Portuguese, Spanish and French. The journal is receiving article to Vol. 2, Nr. 4 of the journal whose publication is scheduled for the second semester of 2021. Once accepted for publication, the articles will be available in ahead of print....

“Anthroponyms and Anthroponymic Researches in the Beginning of the 21st Century” Conference shifted online

Dear colleagues, The Organising Committee of the onomastic conference entitled “Anthroponyms and Anthroponymic Researches in the Beginning of the 21st Century”, 20-21 April 2021, took the hard decision the scientific event to be transformed into an online one due to Covid-19 pandemic. The conference will be held via ZOOM platform and will be streamed live online in the channel...

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