Using the concept of onomastic literacy as an analytical tool

Onomastic literacy (the skills needed to interpret the cultural and social phenomena and meanings related to name-giving) are part of a person’s cultural capital. I use this concept, which I have developed, to study personal names in family networks and in royal families in particular. This researc...

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Main Author: Sofia Kotilainen
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Language:Danish
Published: Royal Swedish Academy of Swedish Folk Culture 2022-06-01
Series:Nordisk Tidskrift för Socioonomastik
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Online Access:https://publicera.kb.se/noso/article/view/14677
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description Onomastic literacy (the skills needed to interpret the cultural and social phenomena and meanings related to name-giving) are part of a person’s cultural capital. I use this concept, which I have developed, to study personal names in family networks and in royal families in particular. This research combines the approaches and methodologies of collective biography, microhistory and the history of mentalities. The concept of onomastic literacy helps us to contextualize the lives of the research objects more closely as part of the cultures and local communities of their times, thereby revealing the deep-rooted motives behind name choices and the slow change in mentalities affecting naming.
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spelling doaj-art-30ea422a3dac42c3a3a59dee7c2e5c802024-12-06T12:01:03ZdanRoyal Swedish Academy of Swedish Folk CultureNordisk Tidskrift för Socioonomastik2004-02962004-08812022-06-01210.59589/noso.22022.14677Using the concept of onomastic literacy as an analytical toolSofia Kotilainen0University of Jyväskylä Onomastic literacy (the skills needed to interpret the cultural and social phenomena and meanings related to name-giving) are part of a person’s cultural capital. I use this concept, which I have developed, to study personal names in family networks and in royal families in particular. This research combines the approaches and methodologies of collective biography, microhistory and the history of mentalities. The concept of onomastic literacy helps us to contextualize the lives of the research objects more closely as part of the cultures and local communities of their times, thereby revealing the deep-rooted motives behind name choices and the slow change in mentalities affecting naming. https://publicera.kb.se/noso/article/view/14677cultural capitalidentitiesmentalitiesmultiliteraciesname-givingnetworks
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Using the concept of onomastic literacy as an analytical tool
Nordisk Tidskrift för Socioonomastik
cultural capital
identities
mentalities
multiliteracies
name-giving
networks
title Using the concept of onomastic literacy as an analytical tool
title_full Using the concept of onomastic literacy as an analytical tool
title_fullStr Using the concept of onomastic literacy as an analytical tool
title_full_unstemmed Using the concept of onomastic literacy as an analytical tool
title_short Using the concept of onomastic literacy as an analytical tool
title_sort using the concept of onomastic literacy as an analytical tool
topic cultural capital
identities
mentalities
multiliteracies
name-giving
networks
url https://publicera.kb.se/noso/article/view/14677
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