| Title: | Anthroponyms as (conventional or unconventional) parts in the development of language |
| Author: | Edlira Troplini Abdurahmani |
| Publication: | Numele și numirea. Actele Conferinței Internaționale de Onomastică. Ediția a III-a: Conventional / unconventional in onomastics, p. 376 |
| ISBN: | 978-606-543-671-8 |
| Editors: | Oliviu Felecan |
| Publisher: | Editura Mega, Editura Argonaut |
| Place: | Cluj-Napoca |
| Year: | 2015 |
| Abstract: | Some of the popular debates in the history of linguistics are related to the relationship between form and meaning. I chose only two of them for this paper. The first relates to the famous debate physis – nomos, with another debate in parallel, between analogy and abnormality. The second refers to the potential of a language to meet the endless demands of different cultures and mentalities despite its limited resources. At a first glance, it seems that personal names are a typical example of conventional relationships between different societies, in terms of their joint function as markers (indicators). Parallels will be drawn between this function of names and parts of speech (as finite, similar units in all languages). What changes across languages is the ability of human beings to express themselves through what is considered finite. For this reason, one may believe that an unconventional relationship cannot be excluded in anthroponymy. Personal names are the best example to gain insight into various realities, different cultures and mentalities. As Humboldt said, “The language of a people is its soul, and its soul is its language”. Earlier debates concluded that language displays certain regularity. Aristotle said that language reflects what the soul feels, while writing reflects language. For the development of language, we have to contribute to these regularities. On the other hand, we have to understand that as long as there is human life, diverse perspectives of looking at the world will always exist. |
| Key words: | personal names, conventional/unconventional, language, development |
| Language: | English |
| Links: |  pdf |
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