The Oxford Handbook of Names and Naming
- ISBN-10
- 0199656436
- ISBN-13
- 9780199656431
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 800
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2016-01-21
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Authors
- Carole Hough, Daria Izdebska
Description
This handbook offers an up-to-date account of the state of the art in different areas of onomastics, in a format that is both useful for specialists and accessible to the general reader. International experts examine name theory, place and personal names, names in literature, socio-onomastics, names and other disciplines, and other types of names.
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