Socio-onomastics: The pragmatics of names
Edited by Terhi Ainiala and Jan-Ola Östman
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 275] 2017. vi, 231 pp.
Terhi Ainiala
List of John Benjamins publications for which Terhi Ainiala plays a role.
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Subjects Discourse studies | Pragmatics | Sociolinguistics and Dialectology
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2022. Socio-onomastics. Handbook of Pragmatics: Manual, Verschueren, Jef and Jan-Ola Östman (eds.), pp. 1264–1276
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2017. Chapter 6. Orienting to norms. Socio-onomastics: The pragmatics of names, Ainiala, Terhi and Jan-Ola Östman (eds.), pp. 129–153
The study focuses on the uses of three names for the capital of Finland:Helsinki(the official and standard variant),HesaandStadi(two unofficial, non-standard variants). Primarily, the article discusses which name variants Helsinkians report that they use to refer to their home city and how they… read more | Chapter
2017. Chapter 1. Introduction. Socio-onomastics: The pragmatics of names, Ainiala, Terhi and Jan-Ola Östman (eds.), pp. 1–18
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2017. Chapter 10. The perception of Somali place names among immigrant Somali youth in Helsinki. Socio-onomastics: The pragmatics of names, Ainiala, Terhi and Jan-Ola Östman (eds.), pp. 203–226
Immigrant Somali youth living in Helsinki are the focus of this article. The study investigates what kind of Somali place names Somali teenagers use in their home surroundings and what kind of perceptions and beliefs they have about these names and their use. The study also discusses Finnish… read more | Chapter
2008. Socio-onomastics. Handbook of Pragmatics: 2008 Installment, Östman, Jan-Ola and Jef Verschueren (eds.), pp. 1–18
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