Toponyms “Russia”, “Moscow”, “Barnaul” in the Minds of Chinese Students [PDF]
The article analyzes the toponyms “Russia”, “Moscow” and “Barnaul” from the point of view of the mental toponymic stereotype in the minds of Chinese students. The aim of the study is to identify the origin of these toponyms, as well as their perception
Lidiya M. Dmitrieva, Zhang Yunfey
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Sociocultural underpinnings of toponyms in Nsukka, Southeastern Nigeria
This article focuses on toponyms with particular reference to the names of towns and villages in Ǹgùrú, a member of the quadripartite towns that make up Ḿkpụ̀nánọ́ Ǹsụ́kā, Ìdèkè, the host community of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka.
O. Uzoagba
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Unveiling the Enigmatic Origins of Sardinian Toponyms
With the boom in Indo-European (IE) studies among linguists from the early 20th century, toponymic studies on European place names have been largely based on the Proto-Indo-European (PIE).
Brenda Man Qing Ong +1 more
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Functional and Pragmatic Potential of Toponyms in Russian Political Advertising Videotexts
The paper is aimed at studying the functioning particularities of toponyms in videotexts of Russian political advertisement and determines the role of these onyms in the implementation of linguistic manipulation. Toponymic lexis is classified in terms of
Anastasia V. Dmitrieva Ural
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Robot Navigation in Unseen Spaces using an Abstract Map
Human navigation in built environments depends on symbolic spatial information which has unrealised potential to enhance robot navigation capabilities.
Corke, Peter +3 more
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West Coastal Toponyms of Sumatra Island: A Corpus Linguistics Study
Several pieces of research on the toponym of place names in Indonesia have been carried out but focus on place names on the island of Java. The limited documentation of place names makes the study of toponymy in Sumatra a must.
H. W. Triana +3 more
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To the Question of Neuter Gender Toponyms’ Declention Ending on -ovo/-evo, -ino/-yno
The present paper deals with the issue concerning neuter gender toponyms’ declension ending on -ovo/-evo, -ino/-yno in Russian language. Until the 20th century, these place names had been changed in cases steadily; in the middle of the century, a ...
M. S. Teikin
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Using Local Toponyms to Reconstruct the Historical River Networks in Hubei Province, China
As an important data source for historical geography research, toponyms reflect the human activities and natural landscapes within a certain area and time period.
Aini Zhong +3 more
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Linking early geospatial documents, one place at a time: annotation of geographic documents with Recogito [PDF]
Recogito is an open source tool for the semi-automatic annotation of place references in maps and texts. It was developed as part of the Pelagios 3 research project, which aims to build up a comprehensive directory of places referred to in early maps and
Barker, Elton +3 more
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The Style of Toponyms and the Lexical and Semantic Features of Anar’s Story “White Ram, Black Ram”
The article deals with the issues of studying the stylistic possibilities and lexical and semantic features of toponyms, given in the work of the famous writer Anar "White Ram, Black Ram".
Narmin Shirzad kyzy Narmin Gojayeva
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