[Linganth] call for papers: Research on Names and Naming

[Karen Pennesi]

Please distribute this widely to other social scientists.

 The Canadian Society for the Study of Names
http://congress2017.ca/associations/42    is calling for paper submissions
to be presented on May 27-28, 2017 in Toronto, Canada. The CSSN's 51st
annual meeting will be part of the Congress of the Humanities and Social
Sciences http://congress2017.ca/about , where more than 70 scholarly
associations will meet at Ryerson University. The official theme of the 2017
congress is "The Next 150, On Indigenous Lands" so papers on indigenous
names are especially encouraged, however papers on any research related to
names and naming are welcome. This includes:

 .       Personal names

.       Place names

.       Brand names

.       Product names

.       Fictional names

.       name choices

.       name changes

.       nick-names

.       online aliases

.       multiple names for one entity

.       names as indexes of social, cultural or racial categories

.       naming practices

.       name-related policies, regulations and laws

.       name-related humour or speech play

.       name-related topics in pop culture or media

.       historic trends in naming

.       technologies for organizing and finding names

 

Please send a title and abstract (150-250 words) by 8 February 2017 to:

Sheila Embleton, Vice President, Canadian Society for the Study of Names
embleton at yorku.ca <mailto:embleton at yorku.ca>  

 

 

Dr. Karen Pennesi

Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology

Co-Director, Undergraduate Program in Linguistics, Social Science

University of Western Ontario

 

 

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