The volume seeks to establish socio-onomastics as a field of linguistic inquiry not only within sociolinguistics, but also, and in particular, within pragmatics. The linguistic study of names has a very long history, but also a history sometimes fraught with skepticism, and thus often neglected by… read more
The study focuses on the uses of three names for the capital of Finland:Helsinki(the official and standard variant),HesaandStadi(two unofficial, non-standard variants). Primarily, the article discusses which name variants Helsinkians report that they use to refer to their home city and how they… read more
Immigrant Somali youth living in Helsinki are the focus of this article. The study investigates what kind of Somali place names Somali teenagers use in their home surroundings and what kind of perceptions and beliefs they have about these names and their use. The study also discusses Finnish… read more
