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Mapping Metaphor with the Historical Thesaurus: a new resource for investigating metaphor in names [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The AHRC-funded ‘Mapping Metaphor with the Historical Thesaurus’ project has traced the development of metaphor in English from Anglo-Saxon times to the present day using the unique evidence base of the Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English ...
Bramwell, Ellen   +2 more
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Geographical Names on 16th and 17th Century Maps of Croatia

open access: yesKartografija i Geoinformacije, 2007
The paper deals with geographical names (toponyms) on maps of Croatia published during the 16th and 17th century. Since this is a very complex problem area, only a few basic problems concerning the historical development of toponyms on old maps have been
Josip Faričić
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Reasoning COVID-19: the use of spatial metaphor in times of a crisis. [PDF]

open access: yesHumanit Soc Sci Commun, 2022
Kremer D, Felgenhauer T.
europepmc   +1 more source

Extracting, investigating and representing geographical concepts in Herodotus: the case of the Black Sea [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
In a short break from his preparations for the invasion of Scythia, Darius stops off where the Bosporus was bridged and sails to the Dark Rocks, apparently retracing the steps of the Argonauts.1 ‘There’, Herodotus reports, ‘he sat on the headland and ...
Barker, Elton   +3 more
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Топонимы и катойконимы в «Словаре областного архангельского наречия» А. О. Подвысоцкого [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
The article deals with peculiarities of toponyms’ lexicographical description in the “Dictionary of the Regional Arkhangelsk Dialect” by Podvysotsky A.O. published in 1855.
Ивашова, Н. М.
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Exploring the Spatial Distribution of Toponyms and Its Correlation with Landscape Characteristics: A Case Study in Wuhan, China

open access: yesHeritage
Toponyms reflect the multifaceted relationship between humans and nature, recording and transmitting important cultural information. A toponymic cultural landscape (TCL) is the comprehensive embodiment of the cultural connotations and landscape ...
Zihang Zhou   +4 more
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Pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) from Motya and its deepest oriental roots [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Pomegranate remains and representations found in the Phoenician site of Motya in Western Sicily give the cue for a summary study of this plant and its fortune in the Near East and the Mediterranean.
Nigro, Lorenzo, Spagnoli, Federica
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