Names and naming. An introduction to onomastics - ABO700780

• Title: Names and naming. An introduction to onomastics
• Guaranteed by: Institute of Czech Language and Theory of Communication (21-UCJTK)
• Faculty: Faculty of Arts
• Actual: from 2023
• Semester: winter
• Points: 5
• E-Credits: 5
• Examination process: winter s.:
• Hours per week, examination: winter s.:0/2, Ex [HT]
• Capacity: unknown / 15 (unknown)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan; enabled for web enrollment
• Guarantor: Mgr. et Mgr. Bc. Soňa Wojnarová
• Teacher(s): Mgr. et Mgr. Bc. Soňa Wojnarová

Annotation

Last update: Mgr. et Mgr. Bc. Soňa Wojnarová (15.07.2023)

The course provides an overview of different subdisciplines within onomastics (e.g. toponyms, anthroponyms, commercial names, etc.) and also the possibilities of interdisciplinary outreach of name research (digital humanities, archaeology, translation, etc.). The individual topics will be adjusted according to the students’ culture, language background and interests).

Aim of the course

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The students will become familiar with individual disciplines within name studies and different approaches to names and their research. At the end of the course they should be able to understand the specifics of names and apply some of the knowledge and skills they have gained during the course to conduct and present their own research.

Course completion requirements

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-  active participation (participation in discussions, absence 25 %)

-  presentation (15 minutes + 5 minutes for questions, the topic of research is the same as for the essay)

-  study diary (reflexions on the sessions and study material and further questions on individual topic)

-  essay (4,500 – 5,500 words)

Literature

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Ainiala, T. - Saarelma, M. - Sjöblom, P. (2012): Names in Focus [online]. Helsinki:SKS. Available online https://oa.finlit.fi/site/books/m/10.21435/sflin.17/

Ainiala, T. – Saarikivi, J. (eds), (2017): Personal names in Finnic and beyond. Helsinki: SUS.  Available on https://www.sgr.fi/fi/files/original/19732a0de0336497a8f963cdf9b550fd.pdf

Basso, K. (1996): Wisdom Sits in Places: landscape and language among the Western Apache.  Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press.

Brendler, S. (ed.), (2016). Cognitive Onomastics. Hamburg: Baar.

 Hough, C. (ed.), (2016): The Oxford Handbook of Names and Naming (2016). Hough, C. (ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press

 

Further reading and texts will be recommended and  provided during the course.

(Some of the) Onomastic journals online

Onoma                                              https://onomajournal.org/

Namn och Bygd                                https://gustavadolfsakademien.se/tidskrifter/tidskrift/namnochbygd

Nordic Journal of Socio-onomastics https://publicera.kb.se/noso/issue/archive

Namenkundliche Informationen        https://www.namenkundliche-informationen.de

 

Syllabus

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SESSIONS (ZS 2024)

1) 5. 10. Introduction to name studies. Course requirements.

2) 12. 10. Place names (toponyms)

3) 19. 10. Personal names (anthroponyms)

4) 26. 10. Animal names (zoonyms)

5) 2. 11. Commercial names

6) 9. 11. Literary names (names in fiction)

7) 16. 11. Metaphor and metonymy in naming

8) 23. 11. It’s not only about names – or is it? (interdisciplinarity of names, socio- onomastics and namescapes, cognitive onomastics, ...)

x 30. 11. the room is reserved (NO LECTURE)

9) 7. 12. Name research around the world (ICOS, journals, conferences, …)

10) 14. 12. TBD – topic/s depend/s on the students (their interests and questions that might relate to their presentations)

11) 21. 12. Presentations

12) 4. 1.    Presentations

13) 11. 1. Presentations and evaluation of the course.