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Slang Toponyms in Early Twentieth Century Helsinki
(York University, 2009)
In this article, we analyse spatial slang coinages by boys and young men from Sörnäinen, a bilingual
working-class neighbourhood in early twentieth century Helsinki (1900–1939). During this period, Helsinki
slang developed ...
"Landskrona", "Sibirien" and "Jeriko": Borrowed Place Names in Sweden down the Ages
(York University, 2009)
Since the Middle Ages, a succession of names has been added to the place nomenclature of Sweden that
have been borrowed, ready-made, from other countries. In many cases, these names have the form native to
Swedish, e.g., ...
Los extranjeros y sus nombres en Alemania. Tendencias en el proceso de elección de los nombres entre familias extranjeras, binacionales o con un trasfondo migratorio en Alemania
(York University, 2009)
En Alemania viven apróximadamente 7 milliones extranjeros. Cada sexta persona tiene un "trasfondo
migratorio". Hay muchas diferencias entre el sistema onomástico alemán y los sistemas onomásticos
extranjeros. La solución ...
“nostro fratello Umberto”. Die Nomination zwischen Anthroponym und Klassifikation – eine kritisch-diskursanalytische Untersuchung zur printmedialen Repräsentation von Umberto Agnelli als Führungspersönlichkeit am Beispiel des italienischen Mediendiskurses
(York University, 2009)
Soziale Akteure in diskursiven Repräsentationen können mit deren Personennamen (Umberto Agnelli)
angeführt werden oder die Referenz kann mittels Nomination erfolgen (Il senatore della Fiat). Nomination
ist eine spezielle ...
Patterns in the Names of Māori Representative Sportsmen in New Zealand, 1884–2007
(York University, 2009)
Since the late nineteenth century, just over 2,200 men have represented New Zealand in rugby union, rugby
league and cricket. Of these men 310 are known to have Māori ancestry. In this paper six questions are
asked of ...
Essai d’onomastique sandienne
(York University, 2009)
De très nombreux aspects de l’oeuvre de George Sand ont déjà été étudiés. Mais de manière surprenante,
l’onomastique chez George Sand n’a guère préoccupé, ni intéressé les chercheurs. Seul le choix de son
pseudonyme a ...
Toponymie et contrepoids aux effets du paysage linguistique en situation de contact des langues
(York University, 2009)
Affichée, la toponymie appartient à ce que Bourhis et Landry (1997) nomment le « paysage linguistique ».
En situation de contact des langues, le paysage linguistique joue un rôle symbolique chez les groupes
occupant un ...
"Zwartje", "Flight of Delight" and "Chikai": Borrowed Names for Animals in Sweden
(York University, 2009)
This paper deals, from a Swedish point of view, with names for domestic animals that have been
borrowed from other language areas and other cultures during the last two or three centuries. There are
several different ...
Un document inédit sur l’anthroponymie des Marches en 1312
(York University, 2009)
Dans une source historique de type fiscal inédite, écrite en 1312 à Cagli, petite ville italienne de la région
des Marches située sur l’antique Via Flaminia, il y a les noms de tous les chefs de famille du territoire
communal. ...
Change of Cultural and Natural Names in Pöide Parish (Saarema, Estonia)
(York University, 2009)
Place names can be classified into cultural and natural names. This classification is expedient, because the
names change differently as do their referents. The present article is focused on the evolution of the place
names ...