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SOME TECHNIQUES USED TO COLLECT TOPONYMS [PDF]

, 2021
It is known that toponyms are a unique spiritual heritage of each nation and are linguistic units that speak about the past, way of life, culture of this nation. Collecting toponyms and sorting them into a collection takes a long time.
Ganiyeva, Gulnoza
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Morphological Analysis of the Toponyms of Samurzaqano

Філологічні студії
This article presents an analysis of the morphological and semantic structure of the Georgian and Abkhaz toponyms of Samurzaqano. The relevance of the topic is determined by the following circumstance: specifically, after 1993, the toponymic situation in
Monika Khobelia
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The Gender of Heteroclites1

Transactions of the Philological Society, EarlyView.
Abstract Few have asked what happens to gender when a noun is heteroclitic – when its inflection draws on more than one inflection class. While heteroclisis has moved from being treated as a marginal irregularity to a theoretically revealing phenomenon, its implications for gender assignment remain largely unexplored.
Greville G. Corbett
wiley   +1 more source

A Study of Banjarmasin City's Toponyms as a Learning Resource for Local History Based on Wetland Wisdom

Yupa: Historical Studies Journal
The city of Banjarmasin has a long history, reflected in the place names (toponyms) scattered across its territory. Toponyms not only indicate locations but also encapsulate historical, cultural, and local wisdom values of the wetland communities ...
Mansyur Mansyur, Rusdi Effendi, Daud Yahya, Mohamad Zarnal Arifin Anis   +3 more
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Characterisation and social impact of urban youth languages on urban toponymy: S’ncamtho toponomastics in Bulawayo

Literator, 2018
This article focuses on the characterisation of S’ncamtho toponyms in Bulawayo and it goes on to measure the impact of these toponyms on the population of Bulawayo dwellers.
Sambulo Ndlovu
doaj   +1 more source

The Use of Toponyms in the Spontaneous Speech of Hungarians Living in Vojvodina and Prekmurje

Вопросы ономастики, 2022
The paper discusses for the first time the toponyms occurring in the spontaneous speech of Hungarians living in the bilingual regions of Vojvodina (Serbia) and Prekmurje (Slovenia).
Gleb P. Pilipenko
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Divine Self‐Placement, Sacred Placemaking: The Virgin of El Rocío and Territorial Custodianship in Early Modern Spain

Journal of Religious History, EarlyView.
This essay argues that the Rocío hallazgo legend employs divine self‐placement to turn territorial uncertainty into sacred stewardship. The Virgin's miraculous refusal to move establishes the marshlands of Las Rocinas as a communal religious site, transforming a marginal and legally ambiguous area.
Adriano Duque
wiley   +1 more source

What's in a Tibetan name?

Names
Toponyms of the Tibetan Plateau have been scarcely studied. To help address that need, this study explores cross-cultural toponymy and phonetic opacity.
Thupten Wodzer
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A Study of Toponyms: Place Names in Tosya (Kastamonu) / Yer Adları Açısından Bir İnceleme: Tosya’da (Kastamonu) Yer Adları [PDF]

Folklor/Edebiyat, 2020
An important branch of onomastics (or onomatology) is the one on the names of places (toponyms). Toponymy is an interdisciplinary field of study in which many disciplines such as linguistics, geography, history, sociology and archaeology are ...
Erol Topal, Bilgin Ünal İbret
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Milk and Bondage: Enslaved Wet Nurses in the Eighteenth‐Century Cape Colony

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the social history of enslaved wet nurses in the eighteenth‐century Cape Colony, arguing that the romanticised depiction of these women within settler households was not a softening of the system of slavery but an integral part of how it functioned.
Eva Marie Lehner
wiley   +1 more source