Title:

Regional quantitative differentiation of first names in Poland

Creator:

Swoboda, Paweł

Publisher:

Instytut Języka Polskiego Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Date issued/created:

2015

Type of object:

Journal/Article

Subject and Keywords:

anthroponymy ; first names ; onomastic geography ; lexical statistics ; lexical richness

Abstract:

The article examines the quantitative differentiation in naming in the various Polish regions during the period of 1951–1960. The aim was to check whether the quantitative data for names are regionally differentiated, and has the interregional differences changed during the period considered. Selected measures of lexical richness (originally applied in the field of lexical statistics) were used to evaluate these differences. The direct reason for considering this case were the previously observed clear spatial patterns of first names with regard to its qualitative features. Present study has shown that also in the case of quantitative data there are some temporal and spatial differentiation in naming practices in Poland.

Relation:

Socjolingwistyka

Volume:

29

Start page:

21

End page:

37

Resource type:

Text

Detailed Resource Type:

Article

Format:

application/pdf

Resource Identifier:

10.17651/SOCJOLING.29.2

Language:

pol

Rights:

Rights Reserved - Free Access

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. May be used within the limits of statutory user freedoms

Digitizing institution:

Institute of Polish Language of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Access:

Open