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The “Mari” Hypothesis in the Study of the Toponymy of the Oka and Unzha Rivers and the Western Borders of the Old Mari Toponymic Area [PDF]
Вопросы ономастики, 2015 Referring to toponymic data, the article aims to verify the hypothesis of the western origin of the Mari people who, presumably, migrated to their present-day settlement area from the territory of Kostroma Region and the Oka River basin.
Oleg V. Smirnov
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Field Research of Karelian Toponymy [PDF]
Вопросы ономастики, 2012 The article reviews toponymy field research carried out by the Institute of Language, Literature and History of the Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences during the past 40 years and aiming to create and enlarge the card index of ...
Irma I. Mullonen
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Mansi Substrate Toponymy on the Territory of the Former Habitation of the Mansi People [PDF]
Вопросы ономастики, 2012 The article summarizes the results of the study of the Mansi substrate toponymy on the territory of the former habitation of the Mansi people based on the materials collected fallowing Artturi Kannisto’s famous works of the first half of the 20th century.
Oleg V. Smirnov
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Transactions of the Philological Society, EarlyView.Abstract This study investigates the lexicographical potential of Medieval Latin documentation from the Venetian area of the Italo‐Romance domain, highlighting the need for a systematic approach to bridge Latin and vernacular linguistic developments. The project MEDITA – Medieval Latin Documentation and Digital Italo‐Romance Lexicography.
Jacopo Gesiot
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Mapping Language: Names, Speakers and Voices
Area, EarlyView.Short Abstract In this conversational piece, we reflect on our experience of working with and on maps and map‐makers that have shaped linguistic conventions and ideas, suggesting geographers have much to contribute by engaging with such mapping. It illuminates how maps rendered the unpredictable geography of speakers and the naming of places as ...
Beth Williamson, Philip Jagessar
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SHS Web of Conferences, 2018 The paper presents morphemic-derivational structure of toponymic derivatives (toponymy-derived formations) of proper name “Cибирь”. In revealed derived words authors identify morphemes, specify the methods of their production, provide statistics on word ...
Litovkina Anna M.
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Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.ABSTRACT During the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, there was no statutory difference between cartography, drawing and painting. These activities were performed then by craftsmen who were part of a vast group under the umbrella of ‘mechanical arts’ and fell under the ‘artifex’ category. Artifex were experts in any particular art, whether a craftsman,
Vasco Medeiros
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L’arbre et le verbe… Toponymie d’une forêt normande : la forêt domaniale de Cerisy (Calvados-Manche)
Géolinguistique, 2019 This article examines the toponymy of an ancient forest of the dukes of Normandy, the forest of Cerisy, by crossing historical and geographical data from archival and cartographic sources. Three approaches are proposed.
Élisabeth Ridel-Granger
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Mills and society in early medieval northern Italy
Early Medieval Europe, Volume 34, Issue 1, Page 3-33, February 2026.Drawing on the extensive documentary record of northern Italy, available archaeological evidence, and comparative case studies from early medieval Europe, this study demonstrates that mill‐based landscapes in the Po and Friuli‐Venetian plains were shaped by society as a whole.
Marco Panato
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Sedimentology, Volume 73, Issue 1, Page 147-185, January 2026.ABSTRACT Mongolia's Eastern and Western Gobi Basins preserve a globally significant record of Cretaceous terrestrial vertebrates, yet their biostratigraphic correlations are complicated by a complex geological history. The Eastern Gobi Basin, a northeast‐southwest trending fault‐bounded rift system, includes several minor sub‐basins with distinct ...
Ryan T. Tucker +9 more
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