The basics of antrophonymy – what my first and last name say about me

general courses

Desired (but not obligatory) basic knowledge of word formation structure of words and phonetics of Polish language.

Remote learning

The interdisciplinary course on the basics of antrophonymy deals with the issues of linguistic and cultural development of first and last name – two most important, today obligatory, units which identify a person.

During the course students will refute the myth about the „nobility” of all last names ending with -ski, -cki, while at the same time they will discover the source of this myth and will learn to distinguish between names given to real nobility and those which had undergone secondary ennoblement.

The course deals with the issues on the border of linguistics, cultural studies, religious studies, psycho – and sociolinguistics and history. In order to meet your expectations concerning your interests in terms of science as well as hobby – it leaves its mark, among others, on a very popular today genealogical search. Therefore, it is directed to those who want to discover the sources and methods of research on the history of first and last names.

Class 1. Onomastics and antrophonymy as interdisciplinary sciences.

Class 2. Sources for the antrophonymic research.

Class 3. Dictionaries and the necessary onomastics literature - where and how to find information about first and last names.

Class 4. First names - theoretical issues, legal circumstances, classifications.

Class 5. First name as a part of language:

• Linguistic structure of inherited names;

• rules concerning the adaptation of foreign names to Polish language;

• diminutive forms of first names – ways of their creation;

Class 6. First name as an element of culture:

• first name and religion;

• motivation behind giving names to children in the past and today;

• double first names;

• social diversity of names.

Class 7. Last names – theoretical issues, legal circumstances, classifications.

Class 8. Last names as an element of language:

• word-formation research;

• features of local dialects reflected in last names.

Class 9. Last names of peasantry.

Class 10. Last names of nobility.

Class 11. Last names of burghers.

Class 12. Last names of Jews in Poland.

Class 13. Last names of wives and daughters.

Class 14. Geographical diversity of last names.

Class 15. Other antrophnymies: nick names, pseudonyms.

SŁOWNIKI:

Henryk Fros, Franciszek Sowa, Twoje imię. Przewodnik onomastyczno-hagiograficzny, Kraków 1995.

Samuel Bogumił Linde, Słownik języka polskiego, Warszawa 1951 (również: http://poliqarp.wbl.klf.uw.edu.pl/slownik-lindego/).

Kazimierz Rymut, Nazwiska Polaków. Słownik hisotryczno-etymologiczny, Kraków, 1999, t. 1-2.

Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, red. Filip Sulimierski, Bronisław Chlebowski, Władysław Walewski, Warszawa 1880-1895 (również: http://poliqarp.wbl.klf.uw.edu.pl/slownik-geograficzny)

Słownik etymologiczno-motywacyjny staropolskich nazw osobowych, red. Aleksandra Cieślikowa, t. 1-6, Kraków 2000-2002.

Słownik gwar polskich, oprac. Pracownia Dialektologii Polskiej PAN w Krakowie, t. 1-7, Kraków 1979-2007.

Słownik języka polskiego, red. Jan Karłowicz, Adam Kryński, Władysław Niedźwiedzki, t. 1-8, Warszawa 1900-1927 (również: http://poliqarp.wbl.klf.uw.edu.pl/slownik-warszawski/).

Słownik języka polskiego, red. Witold Doroszewski, Warszawa 1958-1969.

Słownik polszczyzny XVI wieku, red. Stanisław Bąk, Wrocław 1966-2010 (również: http://poliqarp.wbl.klf.uw.edu.pl/slownik-polszczyzny-xvi-wieku).

Słownik staropolski, red. Kazimierz Nitsch, Zenon Klemensiewicz, Witold Urbańczyk, Jan Safarewicz, Kraków 1953-2002.

Słownik staropolskich nazw osobowych, red. Witold Taszycki, t. 1-7, Wrocław 1965-1984.

Spis miejscowości w Polsce, red. Grzegorz Strycharz, Katowice 2005.

OPRACOWANIA:

Henryk Borek, Diachroniczne i synchroniczne klasyfikacje nazwisk polskich [w:]

Z polskich studiów slawistycznych V, Warszawa 1978.

Henryk Borek, Socjolingwistyczne aspekty imiennictwa, „Onomastica” t. XXIII, 1978.

Józef Bubak, Proces kształtowania się polskiego nazwiska chłopskiego i mieszczańskiego, Kraków 1986.

Stanisław Dubisz, O „nobilitacji” nazwisk mieszczańskich na Mazowszu w XVII i XVIII wieku, „Prace Filologiczne” XXXII.

Maria Kamińska, Nazwiska żon i dzieci w Łowickiem, „Onomastica” II, 1956.

Zofia Kowalik-Kaleta, Historia nazwisk polskich na tle społecznym i obyczajowym (XII-XV wiek), Warszawa 2007.

Zofia Kowalik-Kaleta, Nazwisko w kulturze polskiej, Warszawa 1998.

Monika Kresa, Nazwiska żon i córek w XIX-wiecznej antroponimii pogranicza Mazowsza i Podlasia (na przykładzie parafii Stoczek), „Prace Filologiczne” LII, 2007.

Anna Laszuk, Księgi metrykalne i stanu cywilnego w archiwach państwowych w Polsce, Warszawa 1998.

Maria Malec, Imię w polskiej antroponimii i kulturze, Kraków 2001.

Józef Matuszewski, Polskie nazwisko szlacheckie, Łódź 1975.

Polskie nazwy własne. Encyklopedia, red. Ewa Rzetelska-Feleszko, Kraków 1998.

Elżbieta Rudnicka-Fira, Antroponimia Krakowa od XVI do XVIII wieku. Proces kształtowania się nazwiska, Katowice 2004.

Ewa Rzetelska-Feleszko, W świecie nazw własnych, Kraków 2006.

After the completion of the course the student:

KNOWLEDGE:

• indicates the most important motivation behind giving first names to children in the past and today;

• enumerates the definition features of last name;

• names and describes various classifications of first and last names;

SKILLS:

• is able to match properly the sources to antrophonymic research and conduct a selection with regard to the subject matter of the research;

• is able to use properly the most important antrophonymic dictionaries as well as general dictionaries and dictionaries of local dialects of Polish language, as an auxiliary material for the research on last names;

• is able to classify first and last names to individual groups of classification;

• indicates most important dialectal features reflected in last names;

• indicates the differences in the processes of development of last names in respective social and religious groups in Poland (peasantry, burghers, nobility, Jews);

• indicates extralinguistic factors influencing the linguistic development of last names.

BASICS:

• treats first and last names as an element of national heritage;

• accepts the need of paying attention to the registration of first and last names.

The final grade consists of points gained from:

• tasks;

• quizzes;

• activity on the forum;

• final test.

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