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Toponymy as Commodity: Exploring the Economic Dimensions of Urban Place Names. [PDF]

, 2014
In recent years the study of urban toponymy (place names) has been revitalized by the emergence of a ‘critical toponymies’ approach. This focuses on the cultural politics of place naming and the decisions involved in attributing names to the urban ...
Light, Duncan, Young, C.
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If Not for Her Spots

Humanimalia, 2021
This essay explores an interdisciplinary art practice of un/naming rooted in the complex fascination of one human artist with a special breed of domestic beast of burden, known as the American Spotted Ass.
Karin Bolender
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On becoming a physicist of mind [PDF]

, 2020
In 1976, the German Max Planck Society established a new research enterprise in psycholinguistics, which became the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. I was fortunate enough to be invited to direct this institute. It
Levelt, W.
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Baptiser un grand équipement urbain : pratiques et enjeux autour du nom des stations de métro à Bruxelles

Belgeo, 2010
This article looks into the names given by public authorities to underground stations in Brussels. If naming places can reflect political and ideological choices, naming underground stations supposes first of all helping travellers find their way within ...
Frédéric Dobruszkes
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Rethinking the toponymic politics in Belarus in the 20–21 centuries: toward the post-colonial perspective

Journal of Geography, Politics and Society, 2020
The article explores the historical trends and patterns in the politics of space in toponymic landscapes of Soviet and postSoviet Belarus through the prism of critical toponymy and the post-colonial theoretical approach.
Sergei Basik
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Street-naming and the Subjectivity of Taiwan: A Case Study of Taipei City

Asian Studies, 2011
Taiwan has been ruled by a variety of political regimes and the different ruling elites have used Taiwan’s place names to shape their symbolic landscape.
Wenchuan Huang
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Application of The Concept of Critical Toponymies to Street Name Changes in Bandung, Yogyakarta, and Surabaya

Paradigma: Jurnal Kajian Budaya, 2021
From 2017 to 2019, a number of street names were changed in Yogyakarta, Bandung and Surabaya City by each Provincial Government for the purpose of celebrating the reconciliation between the Sundanese (West Java) and the Javanese (Central Java, East Java,
Fajar Erikha
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Beregi kenéznevek a 17. század első feléből

Névtani Értesítő, 2022
Knez (‘Village Elder’) Names in Bereg County from the First Half of the 17th Century Among the essential sources of name studies of Bereg County, one can mention the urbaria (registers of fief ownership) and censuses made in the Estate of Munkács ...
Zsolt Sebestyén
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Lexical acquisition in elementary science classes [PDF]

, 2006
The purpose of this study was to further researchers' understanding of lexical acquisition in the beginning primary schoolchild by investigating word learning in small-group elementary science classes.
Best, R, Braisby, N, Dockrell, Julie
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Tech power: a critical approach to digital corporations

Revista Teknokultura, 2020
This article explores different bodies of literature looking at the rising power of digital corporations. With this work I aim to provide a critical up-to-date approach to the topic.
Aitor Jiménez González
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