A Kiss Lajos-díj 2010. évi nyertese: dr. Farkas Tamás

The 2010 winner of Lajos Kiss Prize: Dr Tamás Farkas   The Lajos Kiss Prize, awarded every 2 or 3 years since 2006, is considered to be a highly prestigious award for young onomasticians. The 2010 winner of the prize is Dr Tamás Farkas, senior lecturer in the Department of Hungarian Linguistics and Finno-Ugric Studies of Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest. He earned this award for his contribution to Hungarian Onomastics, especially in research on personal names

A Kiss Lajos-díj 2014. évi nyertese: dr. Slíz Mariann

The 2014 winner of Lajos Kiss Prize: Dr Mariann Slíz   The Lajos Kiss Prize, awarded every two or three years since 2006, is considered to be a highly prestigious award for young onomasticians. The 2014 winner of the prize is Dr Mariann Slíz, senior lecturer at the Department of Hungarian Linguistics and Finno-Ugric Studies of Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest. She earned this award for her contribution to Hungarian Onomastics, especially in research on personal names

Elmélet és terminológia a magyar helynévkutatásban

Theory and terminology in Hungarian toponomastics     The paper discusses the problem indicated in the title by adopting a starting point based on the observation that Hungarian onomastics has always been characterized by terminological variety. This diversity appears in naming the field of the science itself: relevant terms used in history are surveyed by the author. The paper examines in detail the use of terms in toponomastics, where not even the linguistic unit that constitutes the subject of investigation is indicated by a single term. The proper, intrinsic terminology of onomastics started to develop in Hungarian literature after onomasticians had declared their branch of science to be an independent, coherent field of research constituting a separate discipline. Relative stability and consistency in the use of terms can be recognized mainly in the sub-fields of onomastics which are considered to be well elaborated theoretically. The author finally presents examples from his own scientific practice to illustrate the steps that can be taken to unify terminology

A Kiss Lajos-díj 2008. évi nyertese: dr. Rácz Anita

The 2008 winner of Lajos Kiss Prize: Dr Anita Rácz The Lajos Kiss Prize, awarded every 2 or 3 years since 2006, is considered to be a highly prestigious award for young onomasticians. The 2008 winner of the prize is Dr Anita Rácz, senior lecturer in the Department of Hungarian Linguistics of Debrecen University, for her contribution to research on Old Hungarian place names

A Kiss Lajos-díj 2012. évi nyertese: Dr. N. Fodor János

The 2012 winner of Lajos Kiss Prize: Dr János N. Fodor     The Lajos Kiss Prize, awarded every 2 or 3 years since 2006, is considered to be a highly prestigious award for young onomasticians. The 2012 winner of the prize is Dr János N. Fodor, senior lecturer in the Department of Hungarian Linguistics and Finno-Ugric Studies of Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest. He earned this award for his contribution to Hungarian Onomastics, especially in research on personal names

A Tihanyi alapítólevél szórványaihoz : Tichon, Balatin, Petre, Fuk

On some Hungarian place names in the Latin Charter of Foundation of Tihany Abbey: Tichon, Balatin, Petre, Fuk This paper joins in the debate initiated by Onomastic Review concerning methodological problems and basic principles of historical onomastics. The author re-analyses some Hungarian words of the the oldest authentic linguistic record of Hungarian (1055) which survived in the original version. By reviewing earlier relevant ideas the author wishes to prove that from time to time there is a need for modernising our knowledge about the most important linguistic records of Hungarian in the light of the results of recent research. The place-name Tihany comes from a Slavic personal name, though it is argued whether the place-name itself is the result of a Hungarian or Slavic name giving process. The author also analyses four more place-names of the Carpathian Basin that can be derived from the same stem. The Slavic origin of the place-name Balaton is beyond doubt, but earlier opinions need to be refined regarding both the constituents of the etymon and the sound changes that have taken place in Hungarian. Names Balatin ~ Bolatin might reflect Latinised name forms used frequently in contemporary charters. It is questionable whether the word Petra in the charter is a Hungarian place name or a Latin common noun meaning ‘rock, cliff’. Considering its relation to the Latin context the author claims that in all probability Petra is a Hungarian place-name. The author tries to reconstruct the meaning of the hydronym Fok as well as identify the landscape it refers to