Une approche synchronique de la toponymie mauricienne
Études Créoles, 2022 This paper examines the toponyms of Mauritius through the lens of a synchronic approach which is based on the syntactical, lexical and referential analysis of place names.
Yannick Bosquet
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THE DIALOGUE OF LANGUAGES AND CULTURES IN BASQUE PLACE NAMES
Ибероамериканские тетради, 2016 Presently, Basque toponymy comes out as the result of a dialogue between cultures and languages inside the original territory of Basqueland, as well as the result of a dialogue with the regions historically tied to Euskadi.
OLGA S. Chesnokova +1 more
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Pushed off the map: toponymy and the politics of place in New York City [PDF]
, 2017 This article examines conflicts over neighborhood renaming and the politics of place. Toponymy, or the practice of place naming, is central to the constitution of place, and neighborhood renaming is a pervasive urban strategy. But despite its prevalence,
Madden, David J.
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Toponymy and the City, the Past and the Future
Проект Байкал, 2015 The article reviews and analyses the concepts of toponymy, basing on the exchange of ideas between the members of the Toponymy Council and the Editorial Board of the journal. The names of the new urban entities of Irkutsk are proposed.
Marina Tkacheva
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Personal Names of the Finnic Population in the Toponymy of North-Western Belozerye [PDF]
Вопросы ономастики, 2018 The article deals with personal names of Finnic population retrieved from the toponymy of the northwestern part of the Lake Beloye region (Belozerye). Among these names, the author first distinguishes Christian names adopted into the Vepsian language and
Anna A. Makarova
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‘Microtoponymy’ as a key for geographical description. A case study in Catalonia, Spain [PDF]
, 2014 The study of toponyms at the micro-scale – that is, microtoponymy – is of great interest for the geographer. Place names, generally speaking, provide us with a rich and diverse source of information about the geographical space (and, moreover, about the
Tort-Donada, Joan
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On the Relics of Scytho-Sarmato-Alanian Vocabulary in the Toponymy of Ossetia Voprosy onomastiki, 2018, Volume 15, Issu [PDF]
Вопросы ономастики, 2018 The article undertakes to pick out the oldest Scythian-Sarmatian-Alanian element in Ossetian toponymy where the appellative lexis that was lost in the language is partly retained.
Yuri A. Dzitstsoity
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Aleksandr Konstantinovich Matveev. An onomatologist and researcher of ancient language contacts [PDF]
, 2015 The article was submitted on 15.06.2015.The article considers the personality and research activity of Aleksandr Konstantinovich Matveev (1926-2010), an outstanding Russian linguist, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and professor ...
Lukianin, V. +3 more
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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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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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