بررسي گرايش هاي جديد نامگذاري در اصفهان از ديدگاه زبان شناسي

Modern Cultural Naming Trends in Isfahan from Linguistic Point of View

Language as a semiotic system serves to establish, maintain or weaken social relations by communicating meaning. According to Lyons (1977) language has three functions: descriptive, expressive and social. In naming, like other linguistic areas, the three aspects of meaning are communicated, though, through social and cultural change, the weight of one aspect may vary compared with the other two. In this paper, it is shown that naming is not just a means of vocation or reference to persons, but Iranians usually express their attitudes through the name they choose for their children. Attempts have been made in this paper to identify different cultural linguistic aspects of the names of girls and boys in Isfahan, and study the changes in naming during 1350-1380 and clarify the cultural trends of the people hidden in their names. We also show how peopleʹs new cultural needs determine the name they assign to their children, and how they employ them to play two roles: a) being modern and up-to-date and b) maintain their traditional and historical asset. It seems that the findings of this paper can properly be generalized to Iran as a whole because of continuous cultural linkage due to the significant development of communication.