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- Gustafsson, Linnea, 1967-
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First names, innovation and diffusion
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Ingår i: Proceedings of the 21st International Congress of Onomastic Sciences, part 3. - Uppsala : Institutet för språk och folkminnen. - 9789172290419 ; , s. 131-142
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- The background for this paper is Everett M. Rogers' model of the characteristics of the innovation as an influence on its diffusion process, and the paper will investigate the possibilities to apply that model to a first name context. The examples used in the paper have been taken from the Swedish town of Skellefteå and its surroundings in northern Sweden, from the beginning of the 18th to the end of the 19th century. The point of departure is the diffusion of new first names within this region and I am discussing the characteristics of these new names as a factor for their diffusion. The characteristics that are dealt with in the paper is the new first name´s relative advantage, compatibility, complexity, trial ability and observability. The conclusion indicates that it is indeed possible to use Rogers' model of the characteristics of innovation in a first name context, even though there are many questions remaning to be answered.
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- Gustafsson, Linnea, 1967-
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Är detta ett förnamn? : Om attityder till olika förnamn
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Ingår i: Ortnamnssällskapet i Uppsala årsskrift 2005. - Uppsala : Ortnamnssällskapet i Uppsala. - 0473-4351. ; , s. 41-52
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This article focuses on attitudes to forenames. It is based on the results of a questionnaire (completed by 154 respondents), in which people were asked to comment on the appropiateness of a selection of forenames presented to them. The list included two categories of names: (1) new names either approved or rejected by the name authorities and (2) fairly unusual names from the 19th century. It emerges that, on the whole, the general public are more restrictive than the authorities. When it comes to first names that sound like last names, the authorities and the public are agreed on their inappropriateness. The strongest discrepancy is found for forenames with appellative connotations, of which members of the public disapprove. It is also clear that, as far as appropriateness is concerned, the public do not distinguish between new names and unusual 19th-century names.Apart from these findings, there are indications of gender and ega differences in the study. Among those who gave conservative answers there were more women than men, and the average age in this group was higher than in the more tolerant group. Overall, the study reveals certain tendencies regarding attitudes towards forenames, but it also raises many new questions that still await an answer.
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