What's in a name? Naming in the T.V.-series LOST

Seminar paper from the year 2010 in the subject Didactics for the subject English - Pedagogy, Literature Studies, grade: 2,0, University of Cologne (Philosophische Fakultät / Englische Seminar 1), course: Onomastics, language: English, abstract: 1Intro2Names of theotechny2.1Benjamin Linus2.2James (Sawyer) Ford2.3Jacob2.4Desmond and Penelope2.5Dharma2.6Christian Shephard3Famous names3.1Henry Gale3.2Daniel Faraday3.3Desmond David Hume3.4Danielle Rousseau3.5Further references4Reference to literature4.1The adventures of Tom Sawyer4.2The Wizard of Oz4.3Lord of the flies4.4Addendum5Anagrams5.1Ethan Rome5.2Mittelos Bioscience5.3Herarat Aviation5.3.1Amelia Earhart5.3.2A variation earth5.4Further Anagrams6Mixed patterns6.1Gale Island6.2Linus6.3Sayid Jarrah6.4Claire Littelton6.5Jack's Tattoo6.6Literal meaning of names7ConclusionUntil the ninth century it was not likely to have a first and a last name, but by that time things started to change. In Venice the indication of surnames began in this time period, France (10th/11th century) and the German-speaking area (12th century) followed this example (Kohlheim 1996: 1280), so the common practice of naming changed and thenceforth people were called by both, forename and surname. This giving of names led to the science of onomastics - representing a separate discipline (Wittkowski 1995: 289) -, whose purpose basically is "die Geschichte und den Gebrauch eines Namens zu klären und mögliche Schlüsse daraus zu ziehen" (Hansack 2004: 51), as the character of naming had caused people to think about the meaning of personal names for centuries (Eichler 1995: 2). Such name-interpreting can also take the role of a poetic device and by this means as literary onomastic (Hansack 2004: 51) function as a link between linguistic and literary studies bearing on "the study of the way names function in fiction" (Ashley 1989: 198). The following term paper will take up this and consequently concentrate on the names of the characters in the TV series