Anthroponyms at the crossroads of different cultures

Denisa-Alexandra Ionescu
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Anthroponymy mirrors faithfully the features and core values of people considered as individuals or as ethnic groups sharing common traits. Whether we refer to a religious name chosen for one’s child according to one’s personal beliefs, a foreign, trendy name, or an unusual name which ensures the bearer is easily distinguished, all anthroponyms convey a message. Depending on people’s particular way of perceiving integration in a foreign culture, some may choose to give their children names that are specific to their native culture to perpetuate their tradition; others may wish not to reveal their migrant background by naming their offspring in a way that is characteristic to the host culture. The present approach is both synchronic and diachronic. It follows naming practices in contemporary multicultural communities, at the same time illustrating how names are culturally embedded. The grounds for this perspective are provided by the analysis of a wide corpus of anthroponyms existing in sayings and proverbs pertaining to three different languages and cultures: Romanian, English and Italian.
不同文化交汇处的拟人词
拟人化忠实地反映了作为个体或具有共同特征的民族群体的人的特征和核心价值观。无论我们是根据个人信仰给孩子取的宗教名字,还是一个外国的、时髦的名字,还是一个不寻常的、能让人很容易辨认的名字,所有的人名都传达着一种信息。根据人们对融入外国文化的特殊看法,有些人可能会选择给孩子取与本国文化特有的名字,以延续他们的传统;另一些人可能希望不透露他们的移民背景,以一种具有东道国文化特色的方式给他们的后代起名。目前的方法既是共时的,也是历时的。它遵循当代多元文化社区的命名实践,同时说明了名称是如何在文化上嵌入的。提出这一观点的依据是对罗马尼亚语、英语和意大利语这三种不同语言和文化的俗语和谚语中存在的大量拟人词进行分析。
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