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Was ist ein Name?
Full text linkThe question “What is a name?” is often answered in different ways and out of extreme positions (from: names are “meaningless marks” unto: names have “the greatest number of attributes”). In this article the formal and semantic aspects of a name are discussed in comparison with those of a word. Name-giving and name-usage are subjects of consideration and ‒ in addition to that ‒ the traditional sentence “nomen est omen” is discussed
Familiennamen und Recht aus sprachwissenschaftlicher Sicht
Full text linkSurnames can be analyzed from three perspectives: as a linguistic sign (M+o+z+a+r+t), as a feature related to an individual (Leopold Mozart), or as a feature of a group (Leopold, Wolfgang, Konstanze Mozart). In this article, juridical regulations concerning these three aspects are discussed with special focus on the linguistic perspective. It is shown in which way juridical regulations influence the identification function of names and how they can lead to the impoverishment or the extension of a language’s surname inventory. From a linguist’s viewpoint, it is advisable to relax the strict juridical regulations relating to the use of personal names. Introducing personal numbers would facilitate this process
Personennamen und Recht in Russland aus sprachwissenschaftlicher Sicht
Full text linkThe article discusses the linguistic and pragmatic features of personal names in the Russian language that cause name-bearers to have problems with documents (name identity) and create conflict situation in the legal field. The main reason is the fact that a personal name in Russian has a large number of morphological and orthographic variants. Variant forms can occur with declension of Russian and foreign surnames, as well as through transliteration from Cyrillic to Latin. The article gives examples of unusual personal names that have emerged in the last decade and discusses their conformity / non-conformity with the norm. A conclusion is made regarding the expansion of boundaries of onomastic norm in the modern Russian language and the fruitfulness of interdisciplinary contacts between linguists and lawyers in dealing with conflict situations related to proper names
Milde-Biese-Aland: Source-critical reflections on the names of a river system in the Altmark
No full textThis article deals with problems related to the tradition of name evidences in written documents. Those written sources functioning as mediating medium for the variant types of the names, have a specific context of origin and tradition, which makes its use for the etymological derivation problematic. Taking the example of the written evidences cited in the German Book of Water Names edited by Albrecht Greule for the rivers Milde, Biese and Aland, the importance of a source-critical analysis for every single document used there shall be shown. The aim of the study is not only to provide new insights into the etymological derivation of the river names in the Altmark, but also to illustrate the importance of an interdisciplinary approach in onomatology
Vacha ‒ Faschau ‒ Jachsheim: Critical observations on the documentary and linguistic history of three South-Thuringian toponyms
No full textVacha, a small town and Faschau, a deserted site near Meiningen, are both situated in southwestern Thuringia, just 35 km apart. Some researchers of regional history occasionally held the opinion that the first official record of Vacha in c. 817 in a deed of donation might refer to this place Faschau, now deserted. The following study will interpret the deserted place name Faschau and elucidate that the deed of donation of 817 applies to what is now Vacha
Rezension zu Rosa Kohlheim, Volker Kohlheim, Spätmittelalterliche Regensburger Übernamen
No full textRosa Kohlheim, Volker Kohlheim: Spätmittelalterliche Regensburger Übernamen. Wortschatz und Namengebung (Germanistische Bibliothek 53), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter 2014, 177 S. – ISBN 978-3-8253-6350-5, Preis: EUR 35,00 (DE)
Der Name des bedeutendsten steinzeitlichen Baudenkmals der Iberischen Halbinsel
Full text linkStarting from the analysis of numerous similar place names, on the one hand, and, on the other, of a large volume of documentation on archaeological sites and local traditions, this study explains the name of the most important megalithic monument on the Iberian Peninsula, [Cueva de] Menga (Antequera, province of Malaga). The name is based on an anthroponym which denoted a mythical female creature, to whom the Castilian settlers that had arrived in the late Middle Ages attributed the construction of dolmens. This constitutes an onomastic mechanism based on popular traditions spread over large parts of the Iberian Peninsula, and even over large parts of Europe
Namen und Recht in Großbritannien aus rechtswissenschaftlicher Sicht
Full text linkBritish personal names from a linguistic perspective. ‒ On the Continent, names have been heavily regulated since the 19th century. In Great Britain, on the other hand, acquiring and changing a name are governed by custom rather than law, although some legal rules exist for the names of legal entities. In its first part, this article considers how natural persons acquire (1.1.) and change (1.2.) their name in Great Britain. It also discusses three – potentially conflicting – interests that might be affected by a change of name, i.e. the interests of the public and in particular the state; the interests of other persons bearing the same name; and the interests of parents in the case of a minor child’s change of name (1.3.). In its second part, the article deals with the names of legal entities (2.). It concludes with a short resumé
Einige Anmerkungen zum Ortsnamen Merseburg
Full text linkThe name of the small town Merseburg, some 15 km south of the city of Halle (Saale) has puzzled researchers for decades. Several solutions have been proposed, but all of them were flawed with respect to phonology and / or morphology and / or semantics. Here a new solution, first proposed by Albrecht Greule in 2014 can be corroborated taking also the geological formations of the surroundings of Merseburg into account. Greule connected the first part of the compound name Merse- with names of lakes and islands in Scandinavia. Together with a Swedish dialectal term for ‘heap of stones’ these names point to several terms with the structure Proto-Germ. *mVrs/zV- ‘(having) stone(s)/pebble(s)/rock(s)’ (originally ‘the crushed one’ vel sim.). North of the city of Merseburg we find on the left bank of the river Saale – below thick layers of mud, which might not be older then the Middle-Ages – an area of about 500 × 3000 m characterized exactly by rock and pebbles. Thus Merseburg might have been the ‘castle / town at the area with rocks / stones / pebbles’ – or, more pointedly: the ‘castle on the rocks’
Rezension zu Onomastica Canadiana 93 (2014)
No full textOnomastica Canadiana, Band 93, 1/2 (Journal of the Canadian Society for the Study of Names/Revue de la Société canadienne d\u27onomastique), Redaktion: Carol J. Léonard, Yaïves Ferland und Wolfgang Ahrens, Edmonton, Alberta: Campus Saint-Jean, University of Alberta, 2014, 31 + 44 S. – ISSN 0078-4656