The Oxford handbook of names and naming / edited by Carole Hough ; with assistance from Daria Izdebska.

Other author Hough, Carole.
Other author Izdebska, Daria.
Format Electronic
EditionFirst edition.
Publication InfoOxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Descriptionxxiii, 771 pages ; illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Oxford Handbooks Online 2016 Linguistics
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Oxford Handbooks Online Linguistics
Subjects

Portion of title Names and naming
SeriesOxford handbooks in linguistics
Oxford handbooks in linguistics. ^A886527
Contents 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 661-756) and indexes.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2015945520
ISBN9780199656431 (hbk.)
ISBN0199656436 (hbk.)

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