Hungarian Family Name Typology and the Question of Onomastic Dialects

Similar to common words, the spatial division of proper names is a natural by-product of linguistic change. During the process of language change, the influence held by territoriality can be demonstrated (to differing degrees) within the total linguistic system; the existent dialects that emerge as...

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description Similar to common words, the spatial division of proper names is a natural by-product of linguistic change. During the process of language change, the influence held by territoriality can be demonstrated (to differing degrees) within the total linguistic system; the existent dialects that emerge as a result of this influence thereby justify the separate examination of linguistic levels. The international study of geonomastics emphasizes the connections and correlations between dialects and proper names. A question still remaining for researchers to answer is whether the territoriality of proper names is merely the result of dialectological properties, or if a deeper process is at work: do names indicate a different level of name dialects? In opposition to its earlier definition, in this case “onomastic dialect” does not refer to one particular name’s isogloss, but rather to regional onomastic units. This investigation concluded that territoriality exerts a fundamental influence on the name types found in a given language’s surname system. The paper introduces some name typological, regional differences found in the Hungarian name system as analyzed by the Atlas of Historical Surnames in Hungary (AHSH) Project. Analytical measurement methods (Bray-Curtis dissimilarity, clustering) was applied in this investigation. I found that in the Hungarian surname system, regional groups of surname types can be distinguished, which can actually be considered as “surname dialects”.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1598462025-05-19T11:48:51Z Hungarian Family Name Typology and the Question of Onomastic Dialects Fodor, János N. onomastic dialect geonomastics, anthroponomy surname region typology clustering thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences Similar to common words, the spatial division of proper names is a natural by-product of linguistic change. During the process of language change, the influence held by territoriality can be demonstrated (to differing degrees) within the total linguistic system; the existent dialects that emerge as a result of this influence thereby justify the separate examination of linguistic levels. The international study of geonomastics emphasizes the connections and correlations between dialects and proper names. A question still remaining for researchers to answer is whether the territoriality of proper names is merely the result of dialectological properties, or if a deeper process is at work: do names indicate a different level of name dialects? In opposition to its earlier definition, in this case “onomastic dialect” does not refer to one particular name’s isogloss, but rather to regional onomastic units. This investigation concluded that territoriality exerts a fundamental influence on the name types found in a given language’s surname system. The paper introduces some name typological, regional differences found in the Hungarian name system as analyzed by the Atlas of Historical Surnames in Hungary (AHSH) Project. Analytical measurement methods (Bray-Curtis dissimilarity, clustering) was applied in this investigation. I found that in the Hungarian surname system, regional groups of surname types can be distinguished, which can actually be considered as “surname dialects”. Published 2025-05-19T11:48:48Z 2025-05-19T11:48:48Z 2023-12-12 chapter 9788323374466 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/159846 eng image/jpeg Attribution 4.0 International https://wuj.pl/ksiazka/onomastics-in-interaction-with-other-branches-of-science-volume-2#otwarty-dostep https://wuj.pl/hungarian-family-name-typology-and-the-question-of-onomastic-dialects Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego Onomastics in Interaction With Other Branches of Science. Volume 2. Anthroponomastics 10.4467/K7446.46/22.23.17275 10.4467/K7446.46/22.23.17275 b56389e6-bd6e-43b9-abc7-9af91c5afc6b e93deae3-b5ec-4abe-b483-2a536826b783 9788323374466 155-171 open access
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geonomastics, anthroponomy
surname region
typology
clustering
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Fodor, János N.
Hungarian Family Name Typology and the Question of Onomastic Dialects
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title_full Hungarian Family Name Typology and the Question of Onomastic Dialects
title_fullStr Hungarian Family Name Typology and the Question of Onomastic Dialects
title_full_unstemmed Hungarian Family Name Typology and the Question of Onomastic Dialects
title_short Hungarian Family Name Typology and the Question of Onomastic Dialects
title_sort hungarian family name typology and the question of onomastic dialects
topic onomastic dialect
geonomastics, anthroponomy
surname region
typology
clustering
thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences
topic_facet onomastic dialect
geonomastics, anthroponomy
surname region
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clustering
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