Unofficial Urbanonymy of Ekaterinburg: a Sociolinguistic Study [PDF]
The article addresses the phenomenon of unofficial urbanonymy exemplified by urban place names of the Russian city of Ekaterinburg. With the term “city facilities” applying broadly to streets, squares, neighborhoods, etc., as well as to the elements of ...
Elena N. Klimenko, Maria E. Ruth
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On Sociology of Urbanonymy. Review of the book: Vlahova-Angelova, M. (2013). Ulitsite na Sofiia: kartografirane na gradskata identichnost [Streets of Sofia: Mapping the City Identity]. Sophia: IBL [PDF]
The study of city place names (urbanonyms) is generally carried out with respect to their onomasiological features, which corresponds to the applied character of such research, as it seeks to help create new urban place names which would be in harmony ...
Yulia A. Kachalkova
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Horizons of Bulgarian Onomastics. Review of the book: Choleva-Dimitrova, A. (Ed.) (2014). Izsledovatelski khorizonti na balgarskata lingvistika: Materiali ot Natsionalna nauchna konferentsiia, posvetena na 90-godishninata ot rozhdenieto na prof. dfn Iordan Zaimov [Horizons of Bulgarian Linguistics: Proceedings of the National Conference Dedicated to Prof. Yordan Zaimov’s 90th Anniversary]. Sofia: Institut za balgarski ezik [PDF]
The author reviews the works on onomastics published in the proceedings of the conference Horizons of Bulgarian Linguistics dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the noted Bulgarian linguist Prof. Yordan Zaimov. The reviewed articles focus on the study of
Maya Vlahova-Angelova
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UKRAINE AND UKRAINIAN TOPONYMS IN CZECH URBANONYMY [PDF]
This research of Czech urbanonyms is based on the official register of streets RÚIAN, which is administered by the Czech Land Surveying and Cadastral Office. A number of street names in Czechia were motivated by Ukrainian toponyms or directly by the name of this state. These toponyms are used in street names in their Czech forms, i.e.
Dvořáková Ž.
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ARABIC NAMES IN URBANONYMY OF LONDON
Among the local objects (urbanonyms) of London, you can find quite a large number of those, which have Arabic names or are connected with the Arab culture. These names occur mainly in areas where people from Arab countries work: the restaurant and hotel business, the sphere of trade and medical services, the education of the Arab youth and culture ...
Svetlana Leonidovna Kazakova, null null
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President Václav Havel as an inspiration for Czech urbanonymy
The goal of the text is to summarise and analyse commemorative strategies and trends that were used in case of the Czechoslovak and Czech president Václav Havel (1936–2011; 1989–2003, in office) and that were especially expressed through proper names, mostly street names.
David, Jaroslav +1 more
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Gender and the Urban Linguistic Landscape
This article examines the issue of gender (im)balance in street and roundabout names in Poland’s three largest cities: Warsaw, Kraków, and Łódź.
Krzysztof Górny, Ada Górna
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TOPONYMIC LANDMARK IN URBANONYMY OF BELARUS AND FRANCE
The article substantiates the relevance of a comparative study of urbanonyms in Belarus and France, formed from the names of geographical objects. Both general and nationally specific thematic groups of names characteristic of the two systems have been established.
Дорофеенко, М. Л. +1 more
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Street Names of Shanghai and Ekaterinburg: A Comparative Study [PDF]
The paper presents the findings of a comparative study of street names (hodonyms) in Shanghai and Ekaterinburg in terms of their motivation and historical background.
Mo Li, Ekaterina S. Ryabtseva
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Toponymic Landscape of Shadrinsk in Aspect of Regional and Local Identity: A Sociolinguistic Study
This article addresses the issue of representing regional and local identity in urban toponymy. Based on a sociological interpretation of the phenomenon of territorial identity in an urban environment, the authors aim to identify how residents perceive ...
M. V. Golomidova, S. O. Goryaev
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