2013. Christopher L. Robinson, HEC-Paris, France, for his article entitled “What Makes the Names of Middle-earth So Fitting? Elements of Style in the Namecraft of J.R.R. Tolkien,” published in Names: A Journal of Onomastics 61(2): 65–74.
Award Committee: Michael McGoff, John Algeo, Kemp Williams… Read More
2012. Stanley Brandes, University of California, Berkeley, for his article entitled “Dear Rin Tin Tin: An Analysis of William Safire’s Dog-Naming Survey from 1985,” published in Names: A Journal of Onomastics 60(1): 3–14.
Award Committee: Michael McGoff, John Algeo, Kemp Williams… Read More
2011. Carol G. Lombard, The University of the Free State (Bloemfontein, South Africa), for her article entitled “The Sociocultural Significance of Niitsitapi Personal Names: An Ethnographic Analysis,” published in Names: A Journal of Onomastics 59(1): 42–51.
Award Committee: Michael McGoff, John Algeo, Dwan Shipley… Read More
2010. Dr. Małgorzata Rutkiewicz-Hanczewska (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland) for her article entitled “Proper Names in the Polish Global Reality,” published in Names: A Journal of Onomastics, 58(3): 159–168.
Award Committee: Dwan Shipley, Edward Callary, Michael McGoff… Read More
2009. Denis Huschka, Jürgen Gerhards, and Gert G. Wagner for their article entitled “Naming Differences in Divided Germany,” published in Names: A Journal of Onomastics 57(4): 208–228.
Award Committee: Michael McGoff, Bruce L. Brown, Iman Laversuch… Read More
Dr. Cleveland Evans writes about names for the Omaha World-Herald. Today’s column discusses the 2014 Name of the Year winners and nominees.… Read More
David Robertson (University of Victoria)
Naming Chinook Jargon
The Pacific Northwest “trade language” (pidgin) Chinook Jargon originally lacked a name. As Northwesterners became familiar with it, it gained a variety of glottonyms. This study examines how the standardly recognized name “Chinook Jargon” trumped its competitors. The history that emerges is one of 19th-century incipient recognition of contact languages, and of Euro-American metalinguistic attitudes toward nonstandard varieties of languages.… Read More
Jackson Rathbone as Twilight’s Jasper
Dr. Cleveland Evans writes about names for the Omaha World-Herald. Today’s column explores Melchior, Balthasar and Gaspar.
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