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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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Toponymies of lesser-used languages in the North: Issues of socio-linguistic conditions among Inuit and Sámi [PDF]
, 2004 Both Inuit and Sámi have experienced the expansion of colonial state systems and immigrant populations from the south into their territories in Arctic Canada and northernmost Europe respectively.
Müller-Wille, Ludger
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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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Raven’s Work in Tlingit Ethno-geography [PDF]
, 2019 Chapter in the publication: Holton, Gary and Thomas F.Thornton. (Eds.) Language and Toponymy in Alaska and Beyond: Papers in Honor of James Kari. Language Documentation & Conservation Special Publication no. 17.
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Weather, EarlyView.Abstract While the North Atlantic’s five‐century hurricane history is among the most complete globally, the earliest centuries are poorly documented in the written record. This study reassesses a subset of sixteenth to seventeenth‐century tropical cyclones (TCs) through a systematic review of archival evidence, mainly from Spain’s colonial archive, the
William Gomez Pretel, Michael Chenoweth
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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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Mapping Language: Names, Speakers and Voices
Area, Volume 58, Issue 2, June 2026.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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The names of the town and villages of Gozo (Malta) [PDF]
, 2010 The Maltese islands have been dominated by various rulers who left an imprint on the life, customs, and language of the inhabitants. This is evident also in the toponymy of the archipelago.
Zammit Ciantar, Joe
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Transactions of the Philological Society, Volume 124, Issue 1, Page 168-199, March 2026.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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