Plant Motifs in Japanese Female Names in the Context of Current Name-giving Trends

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Plant Motifs in Japanese Female Names in the Context of Current Name-giving Trends

Original language description

One of the most characteristic features of contemporary Japanese given names is the use of kanji related to the natural world. This paper looks into the frequent selection of plant motifs in current female names and, through a corpus of 4,278 names of girls born 2008-2014, examines the most frequent characters related to plants and the motivations for their selection, revealing the most common aspirations for the newborn girls expressed by plant motifs. The paper explains the involvement of the languageof flowers, culturally specific symbolisms, and deference to the seasons of the year in the name selection process in the context of the current name-giving trends.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

AI - Linguistics

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2015

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Czech and Slovak Linguistic Review

ISSN

1805-1502

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Volume of the periodical

2015

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

14

Pages from-to

4-17

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

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