Onomastics

Historia (y otres histories) de la oficialización del topónimu Ribadesella / Ribeseya

by Fernando Álvarez-Balbuena

published in La Plaza Nueva 30 (2010): 73-77

Cómo se recoyen os nomes tradicionales dos sitos

by Fernando Álvarez-Balbuena

published in Actas das I Xornadas de Toponimia del Eo-Navia. «Os nomes dos nosos sitos» (A Caridá, 19 y 20 de mayo del 2006), pp. 65-75 (2007)

Review: "David M. Rivas, Conceyu de Xixón. Parroquia de Xixón [colección «Toponimia», 117], Uvieo (Academia de la Llingua Asturiana), 2007, 40 páxs.”

by Fernando Álvarez-Balbuena

published in Revista de Filoloxía Asturiana 6-7-8 (2006-2008): 529-534

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¿Lleón ou Llión?

by Fernando Álvarez-Balbuena

published in Xeitu [5] (1997): 8

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Otra vegada sobre la etimoloxía de Cuideiru

by Fernando Álvarez-Balbuena

published in Lletres Asturianes 42 (1991): 17-20

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A propósitu del llibru de Julio Concepción Toponimia lenense

by Fernando Álvarez-Balbuena

published in Lletres Asturianes 47 (1993): 193-199

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Notes toponímiques del occidente d’Asturies

by Fernando Álvarez-Balbuena

published in Revista de Filoloxía Asturiana 2 (2002): 71-95

Review: "Concepción Suárez, Julio, Diccionario toponímico de la montaña asturiana (etimológico). Picos, mayaos, mayadas, carbas, puertos de verano, brañas, cabanas, acebales, fayeos, mazos, jayeos, robledales, riegas, regueros, ríos, foces, foceyas, bisbitones, tabayones, bisbiteras: el nombre de las montañas asturianas. Uvieo (KRK ediciones), 2001, 830 + LXXII páxs.”

by Fernando Álvarez-Balbuena

published in Revista de Filología Asturiana 3-4 (2003-2004): 367-377

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D. ESPINOSA ESPINOSA (2009), "El ius Latii y la integración jurídica de Occidente. Latinización vs. Romanización", ETF II 22, pp. 237-247

by David Espinosa

VIII Encuentro de Jóvenes Investigadores de Historia Antigua (UCM), Madrid (25, 26 y 27 de mayo de 2009)

En base a los problemas de interpretación histórica que generan las comunidades de derecho latino, y apoyados en el... more En base a los problemas de interpretación histórica que generan las comunidades de derecho latino, y apoyados en el análisis onomástico de la población residente en dichas comunidades, proponemos la idoneidad del empleo del término latinización, frente al tradicional concepto de romanización, para referirnos al proceso de integración jurídica de las poblaciones de Occidente en época romana

« Onomasticon Thracicum (OnomThrac). Répertoire des noms indigènes de Thrace, Macédoine Orientale, Mésies, Dacie et Bithynie », Ancient Civilizations from Scythia to Siberia 17, 2011, p. 25-45

by Dan Dana

Naming practices among the Irish secular nobility in the high middle ages

by Freya Verstraten Veach

Space and place as expressive categories in videogames

by Paul Martin

Phd thesis on spatial aesthetics in games. Supervisors: Tanya Krzywinska and Geoff King.

This thesis sets out to explore some of the ways in which videogames use space as a means of expression. This... more This thesis sets out to explore some of the ways in which videogames use space as a means of expression. This expression takes place in two registers: representation and embodiment. Representation is understood as a form of expression in which messages and ideas are communicated. Embodiment is understood as a form of expression in which the player is encouraged to take up a particular position in relation to the game. This distinction between representation and embodiment is useful analytically but the thesis attempts to synthesise these modes in order to account for the experience of playing videogames, where representation and embodiment are constantly happening and constantly influencing and shaping each other. Several methods are developed to analyse games in a way that brings these two modes to the fore. The thesis attempts to arrive at a number of spatial aesthetics of videogames by adapting methods from game studies, literary criticism, phenomenology, onomastics (the study of names), cartographic theory, choreography and architectural and urban formation analysis.

Ономастический статус этнонимов и категория одушевленности / неодушевленности (=The Propriality of Ethnonyms and the Category of Animacy / Inanimacy)

by Alexander Grishchenko

published in 'Russkij Jazyk v Shkole', 2011, No. 9, pp. 61-67

The article touches upon the correlation
observed between the ethnonyms and the respective
generic names... more The article touches upon the correlation
observed between the ethnonyms and the respective
generic names (the words narod, natsiya, etnos etc.
'people; ethnic group’) with regard to the category of
animacy / inanimacy.

«I nomi non importano». L’onomastica delle Città invisibili di Italo Calvino

by Leonardo Terrusi

published in Studi di onomastica e critica letteraria offerti a Davide De Camilli, a c. di M. G. Arcamone, D. Bremer, B. Porcelli, Pisa-Roma, Fabrizio Serra, 2010, pp. 263-272.

Caracteres Xerais dos Apelidos Galegos

by Alba Sánchez Varela

Traballo sobre a orixe, evolución e características dos apelidos galegos. Traballo sobre a orixe, evolución e características dos apelidos galegos.

2. Dedicanţii de la Alburnus Maior - aspecte ale religiozităţii şi realităţi sociale

by Rada Varga

In I. Glodariu, G. Gheorgiu (ed.), Studii de istorie şi arheologie. Omagiu cercetătorului dr. Eugen Iaroslavschi, Cluj-Napoca, Ed. Argonaut, 2010, ISBN 978-973-109-252-2, p. 251-260.

The current paper aims at picturing a general view of the religious world of the Alburnus Maior community. As well, it... more The current paper aims at picturing a general view of the religious world of the Alburnus Maior community. As well, it tries to underline the social function of the ex-voto-s and to analyze what the votive inscriptions tell us not only about the religion of the community, but about its socio-cultural realities as well.

3. Numele proprii ale cetăţenilor din Apulum - relevanţă socială şi istorică

by Rada Varga

In: V. Rusu-Bolindeţ, T. Sălăgea, R. Varga (ed.), Studia archaeologica et historica in honorem magistri Dorin Alicu, Cluj-Napoca, Ed. Argonaut, 2010, ISBN 978-973-109-284-3, p. 468-478.

This study is an analysis of the citizens’ names epigraphically attested in Apulum. Apulum has been chosen for its... more This study is an analysis of the citizens’ names epigraphically attested in Apulum. Apulum has been chosen for its importance as an urban centre in Roman Dacia, as well as for the very good epigraphic documentation that it has provided. The purpose of the study is to present the statistic situation of the citizens’ names, as well as to investigate the relevance that the names might hold in revealing the social and juridical status of their bearer.
Taking into consideration the inscriptions that include one or more readable names and that are datable before Constitutio Antoniniana, I have come to a total of 497 valid names.
Analyzing the cumulus of names from Apulum, we get to see the weakness – or even inexistence - of the relationship between the ethnic indicative of the cognomen and the name of the emperor that had granted citizenship. Except a possible early afflux of population from the western Empire, indicated by the massive presence of the Caii Iulii, there is no “ethnic” (with the meaning of “regional”) group to appear in Apulum at some point, as a result of a larger policy of “colonization”.
As well, the study of the nomina and praenomina that are attested in Apulum and the other details that we have about their bearers, I have come to the expected conclusion, of juridical nature, that invalidates an older thesis: the non-imperial names, in Apulum and most probably everywhere else in Dacia and not only, are not the mark of a Latin-right citizenship, but merely the reflection of various individual situations.

Review: Andreas Kakoschke, Die Personennamen im römischen Britannien. Alpha-Omega, Reihe A, Bd 259. Hildesheim; Zürich: Olms-Weidmann, 2011. Pp. 671. ISBN 9783487146287. €248.00 (hb).

by Andreas Gavrielatos

Parerga to the Stadiasmus Patarensis (8): On the named places in the journeys of sacrifice recorded in the Vita of Saint Nicholas of Holy Sion

by Mehmet ALKAN

Gephyra 8, 2011, 99-124

This paper aims to determine the route taken by Nicholas of Holy Sion in his journeys of sacrifice which are recorded... more This paper aims to determine the route taken by Nicholas of Holy Sion in his journeys of sacrifice which are recorded in his Vita and in so doing, presents some suggestions as to the locations of Tragalassos and its territory and of the ten places with churches that were visited by him on the second long journey which lasted 25 days. The settlement of Arapyurdu is suggested as the location of Tragalassos. The hamlet of Pharroa, belonging to Tragalassos, is identified with a new settlement located 1 km to the northeast of Alacahisar church. The following are the places recorded in the course of this 25-day journey: Karkabo, Kausai, Nea Kome, Partaessos, Symbolon, Nautes, Serine, Trebendai, Kastellon and Hemalissoi. This journey began from the monastery of Holy Sion (probably to be identified as the Alacahisar church) and the first visit was to the shrine of Gabriel at Karkabo which is identified with the basilica at Alakilise through an inscription found in the Alakilise valley 7 km to the northeast of Myra (an identification already proposed by C. Foss). After Karkabo/Alakilise, Nicholas would have taken a route in a southerly direction to visit the extant sanctuaries around the Alakilise valley. The second destination, Kausai, might be Dikmen Tepesi, the closest settlement having an early Byzantine church 1 km south of the basilica at Alakilise. The next place Nea Kome can be localized at Karacaören–Günağı (the newly discovered settlement and an early Byzantine church are introduced in this paper) lying ca. 2 km southeast of Alakilise. The fourth station Partaessos was probably at Yılanbaşı ca. 3 km southeast of Alakilise and ca. 1 km southeast of the Günağı church. Nicholas went down from Partaessos to the fifth stop Symbolon, probably being the ancient name of the “Dalyan” lagoon, lying 4 km east of Myra. The next place visited, Nautes meaning “sailor”, must be near to the lagoon (Symbolon). After Symbolon and Nautes, Nicholas continued his route in a northerly direction to visit the remaining four places and to return to his monastery. Serine can be localized as Turant Asarı located 5 km to the northeast of Myra and 2 km east of Muskar/Belören. The next place Trebendai, which was an independent city during the Hellenistic period, should be localized as Muskar due to a previously unpublished inscription, published here, the contents of which have been employed in order to identify Trebendai as Muskar. The ninth stop, Kastellon, should be located between the monastery of H. Sion and Myra according to the Vita, and the last station Hemalissoi should be between Kastellon and the monastery of Sion. If the distribution of the churches in the area and Nicholas’s route are taken into consideration, Kastellon should be located in or around Devekuyusu, and Hemalissoi can be identified with the village of Karabel.

A New Inscription from Pisidia

by Mehmet ALKAN

published in "Gephyra 7, 2010, 41-45"

In this contribution, an inscribed stone from Beydili, a village on the borders of Pisidia, is introduced. This... more In this contribution, an inscribed stone from Beydili, a village on the borders of Pisidia, is introduced. This inscription was placed in the wall of a modern fountain constructed from ancient material. The inscription was brought from an ancient settlement called Asarbaşı,
an area located ca. 1 km northwest of Beydili and which has not yet been investigated. The stone bearing a relief of a sword-shield belonged to an exedrion built by a certain Maisolos, a priest, for himself and for his family members. This inscription records an indigenous personal name, Bliddis, previously unattested. Furthermore, there is a new word, ξιμει (dat. of ξιμις?), the meaning and the position of which should be clarified. This word probably indicates the name of an ancient settlement near Beydili or is perhaps a divine name.