A1 Journal article (refereed)
Using the concept of onomastic literacy as an analytical tool : A methodological examination of the names of European royal families (2022)

Kotilainen, S. (2022). Using the concept of onomastic literacy as an analytical tool : A methodological examination of the names of European royal families. Nordisk tidskrift för socioonomastik, 2022(2), 63-88. https://doi.org/10.59589/noso.22022.14677

JYU authors or editors

Kotilainen, Sofia

Publication details

All authors or editors: Kotilainen, Sofia

Journal or series: Nordisk tidskrift för socioonomastik

ISSN: 2004-0296

eISSN: 2004-0881

Publication year: 2022

Volume: 2022

Issue number: 2

Pages range: 63-88

Publisher: Kungl. Gustav Adolfs Akademien för svensk folkkultur

Publication country: Sweden

Publication language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.59589/noso.22022.14677

Publication open access: Openly available

Publication channel open access: Open Access channel

Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/83526

Abstract

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.

Keywords: personal names; naming; royalty; rulers (role); identity (mental objects); symbols; cultural capital (social assets); social networks; microhistory; history of mentalities; onomastics

Free keywords: cultural capital; identities; mentalities; multiliteracies; name-giving; networks; onomastic literacy; personal names; royal families; symbols; Elizabeth II

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Centre for Applied Language Studies

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Ministry reporting: Yes

VIRTA submission year: 2022