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Lecturer(s)
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Spáčilová Libuše, prof. PhDr. Dr.
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Course content
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Categories of Proper Names and Onomastic Terminology 1. Personal Names (Anthroponyms): The development of given names of Germanic, Latin, Greek, and Hebrew origin; the development of surnames; diversity of naming motivations; semantic competition; phonological variation in surnames; middle names; nicknames; pseudonyms; and personal naming practices in different cultures. 2. Animal Names (Zoonyms): Categories of animal names; names of zoo animals, pets, farm and breeding animals, and wild animals. 3. Place Names (Toponyms): Names of geographical regions, settlements, bodies of water, mountains and mountain ranges, streets, buildings, and celestial bodies. 4. Object Names (Chrematonyms): Product names, company names, institutional names, titles of works of art, and names of means of transport. 5. Event Names: Typology and classification of event names. 6. Names of Natural Phenomena (Phänonyms): Names of major fires, storm surges, and floods. 7. Onomastic Research in Europe: Major traditions, approaches, and current developments in European onomastic studies.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming)
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Learning outcomes
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The aim of the seminar is to complement the theoretical knowledge acquired in the lecture course by introducing onomastics as a linguistic discipline from a practical perspective. In the first part of the seminar, students will be provided with practical examples illustrating the theoretical concepts presented in the lectures concerning the functions of proper names. Proper names will be examined as a distinct category within the class of nouns and discussed through a range of representative examples. Participants will explore issues of the translatability and non-translatability of proper names between foreign languages and their native language, gain insight into the differences between common nouns and proper names, and examine their morphological, syntactic, and orthographic characteristics. The second part of the seminar will focus on the six most important categories of proper names. These categories will be characterized from several perspectives, and their treatment in previous and current onomastic research will be presented and discussed on the basis of student presentations and reports.
The seminar aims to deepen and consolidate the knowledge acquired by students throughout the semester in the lecture course Introduction to German Onomastics. Students will develop the ability to analyze proper names, a skill that may prove particularly valuable for translators when dealing with so-called "speaking names" in literary translation, as well as for future teachers of German. Upon successful completion of the seminar, students will be able to analyze proper names from a linguistic perspective, distinguish their principal types and functions, assess their translatability, and apply basic methods of onomastic research. Upon successful completion of the seminar, students will be able to: - apply fundamental concepts and principles of onomastics to the analysis of proper names; - distinguish between proper names and common nouns from functional, morphological, and syntactic perspectives; - evaluate the possibilities and limitations of translating proper names across languages; - identify and characterize the principal categories of proper names and demonstrate familiarity with their classification; - employ basic methods of onomastic research in the independent analysis of linguistic data.
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Prerequisites
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Designed for undergraduate and graduate students. No special prerequisites are required apart from knowledge of the German language (the seminar is conducted in German).
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Student performance, Analysis of Creative works (Music, Pictorial,Literary)
The course requirements will be specified by the instructor at the beginning of the semester: Students will prepare presentations on selected categories of proper names. During the seminar, they will analyze individual names and investigate their linguistic characteristics and formation. Requirements for Course Completion (Credit Award): active participation in seminar sessions; delivery of an oral presentation on a pre-assigned topic. Students are permitted a maximum of three excused absences during the semester.
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Recommended literature
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Bauer, Gerhard. (1998). Deutsche Namenkunde. Berlin.
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Eichler, Ernst; Hilty, Gerold / Löffler, H. / Steger, H. / Zgusta, L. (Hrsg.). (1995). Namenforschung. Ein internationales Handbuch zur Onomastik.. Berlin / New York.
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Fleischer, W.; Helbig, G.; Lerchner, G. (Hrsg.). (2001). Kleine Enzyklopädie deutsche Sprache. Frankfurt am Main. u.a.
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Fleischer, Wolfgang. (1964). Die deutschen Personennamen. Geschichte, Bildung und Bedeutung. Berlin.
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Gottschald, Max. (2006). Deutsche Namenkunde.. New York.
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Kunze, Konrad. (2003). dtv-Atlas: Namenkunde. Vor- und Familiennamen im deutschen Sprachgebiet.. München.
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