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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"Onomastics"”.
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The power & politics of naming: literary onomastics within dystopian fiction
… literature, in order to investigate the role of onomastics in shaping the characteristics of dystopian literature. Texts of this genre are unique in regards to the authoritarian and controlling nature of some ruling force, with this power manifested in a variety of manners, all of which feature …
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(N)Onomastics and Malory: Anonymity and Female Characters in Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte D'arthur
… I also explore medieval naming customs, or onomastics, and how cultural practices might have influenced Malory's text. This includes analyzing how Malory uses various forms of anonymity. How he refers to individual characters, such as through a vocational reference, gives the reader some …
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The Germanic toponymicon of Southern Scotland:place-name elements and their contribution to the lexicon and onomasticon
… place-name data to the fields of British onomastics and historical lexicography. Over the last hundred years, English place-name scholars have demonstrated that English place-names are a valuable resource for evidence relating to early Germanic lexis in the British Isles. However, …
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A comparative literary analysis of cattle praise poetry of the Tonga people of Bweengwa and Chivuna
… social constructionism, ethnopoetics, literary onomastics and the main approach being formalism. The study was undertaken to establish the similarities and differences between the cattle praise poetry of Bweengwa and that of Chivuna. The non-cross section survey method was employed to identify …
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A comparative literary analysis of cattle praise poetry of the Tonga people of Bweengwa and Chivuna
… social constructionism, ethnopoetics, literary onomastics and the main approach being formalism. The study was undertaken to establish the similarities and differences between the cattle praise poetry of Bweengwa and that of Chivuna. The non-cross section survey method was employed to identify …
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Late period stelae from Saqqara. A socio-cultural and religious investigation
… who dedicated them. This includes information on onomastics, titles and human iconography and content, plus religious iconography and content. The first chapter concentrates on the overview and aims and on detailing the relevant historical and site details. The second chapter focuses on votive …
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Ukusetshenziswa kwenzululwazi yokwethiwa kwamagama njengesu lokwakha abalingiswa- kubuyekezwa imibhalo eqokiwe ebhalwe emva kokuzuzwa kwentando yabantu.
… bokwethiwa kwamagama emibhalweni (Literary onomastics), ukwakha abalingiswa, emibhalweni eqokiwe yesiZulu ebhalwe ngemuva kokuzuzwa kombuso wentando yabantu. Injongo yalo mbuzo, ukuhlaziya indlela ulimi olusetshenziswe ngayo ukwakha abalingiswa njengalokhu kunobudlelwano obunzulu phakathi …
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‘Αθήνα – η πιο ξένη πρωτεύουσα’: urban estrangement in Greek poetry, 1912-2012
… investigates a range of poems with reference to onomastics and as well as social anthropological theories regarding the connection of space and time. Chapter III employs code switching and the theory of liminality to show how poets express their estrangement towards linguistic tropes, that are …
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The Use of Semantic & Prosopographical Data in the Analysis of the Biblical Onomasticon: Methodological Principles & Miscellaneous Case Studies
… and make a contribution to our comprehension of onomastics.
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Runic writing in Orkney: expression of a Norse identity?
… methods from runology, linguistics, philology, onomastics, and archaeology. The inscriptions are used as sources of identity expressions for various aspects of the Norse in Orkney, such as gender, linguistic identity, personal beliefs, commemoration of people and events, and social status. The …
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'Ze willen grieven eten'-- teorie en praktyk van die vertaling van 'n Nederlandse kinderboek
… were obtained from linguistics, psychology, onomastics, reception aesthetics, literary convention and narratology. These all pointed to the necessity of expounding, in the target text, the characteristics highlighted by the nicknames. Part Four contains a summary of conclusions and points out …
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Onomastic Contact Between Women’s Names in Latin and Greek: Inscriptional Evidence for Paradigms in -e and -a
In this thesis, I explore three main paradigms by which Greek female names in -e are declined in Latin inscriptional evidence. The first paradigm is the transliterated forms of the Greek first declension: nominative -e, accusative -em/-en, genitive -es, dative -e and ablative -e. The second …
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Mid Ulster place-names: townland names in selected parishes in South Derry and North Tyrone
This thesis is an analysis of place-names in a number of parishes in Mid-Ulster. The key aim of the research project is to use evidence to work out the original meaning of the names. The thesis also discusses the decline and survival of the Irish language in Co. Derry and Co. Tyrone as well as the …
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Sepedi or Sesotho sa Leboa: A sociolinguistic perspective of first language speakers from selected South African Universities.
The primary aim of the study was to investigate the use of two different names for the same language, Northern Sotho viz.: Sepedi and Sesotho sa Leboa, from a sociolinguistic perspective of first language speakers from two selected South African universities, a university of technology in Pretoria …
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Strategies for translating proper names into lithuanian in the film series “x-men” /
Translation plays a vital role in bridging communication gaps between different societies, with proper names serving as essential elements in conveying identity, characteristics, and cultural nuances in texts, particularly in the field of film. This paper examines 102 proper names from the fiction …
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Antroponimia złotników poznańskich od XVI do XVIII wieku. Studium socjoonomastyczne
Praca opisuje antroponimię złotników poznańskich od XVI do XVIII wieku zgodnie z założeniami onomastyki kulturowej. Materiał antroponimiczny, będący podstawą rozprawy, pochodzi z ksiąg cechu złotników poznańskich z Archiwum Państwowego w Poznaniu. Praca dzieli się na część opisową i słownik nazwisk …
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Planeamento linguístico e norma onomástica em Portugal
O direito ao nome é um direito fundamental, consagrado na lei e na doutrina. Em Portugal este dever é titulado pelos pais e exercido num quadro legal restritivo, que limita e condiciona a escolha do nome próprio. Este mecanismo de política onomástica foi desenvolvido no século XVI, num contexto de …