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The Oxford Handbook of Names and Naming (Paperback)
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The Oxford Handbook of Names and Naming (Paperback)
Series: Oxford Handbooks
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In this handbook, scholars from around the world offer an
up-to-date account of the state of the art in different areas of
onomastics, in a format that is both useful to specialists in
related fields and accessible to the general reader. Since Ancient
Greece, names have been regarded as central to the study of
language, and this has continued to be a major theme of both
philosophical and linguistic enquiry throughout the history of
Western thought. The investigation of name origins is more recent,
as is the study of names in literature. Relatively new is the study
of names in society, which draws on techniques from
sociolinguistics and has gradually been gathering momentum over the
last few decades. The structure of this volume reflects the
emergence of the main branches of name studies, in roughly
chronological order. The first Part focuses on name theory and
outlines key issues about the role of names in language, focusing
on grammar, meaning, and discourse. Parts II and III deal with the
study of place-names and personal names respectively, while Part IV
outlines contrasting approaches to the study of names in
literature, with case studies from different languages and time
periods. Part V explores the field of socio-onomastics, with
chapters relating to the names of people, places, and commercial
products. Part VI then examines the interdisciplinary nature of
name studies, before the concluding Part presents a selection of
animate and inanimate referents ranging from aircraft to animals,
and explains the naming strategies adopted for them.
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