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Names and Naming

People, Places, Perceptions and Power
BuchGebunden
284 Seiten
Englisch
Multilingual Matterserschienen am02.02.2016
This book explores international trends in naming and contributes to the growing field of critical onomastic enquiry. The contributors to this publication examine why names are not only symbols of a person or place, but also manifestations of cultural, linguistic and social heritage in their own right.mehr
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Produkt

KlappentextThis book explores international trends in naming and contributes to the growing field of critical onomastic enquiry. The contributors to this publication examine why names are not only symbols of a person or place, but also manifestations of cultural, linguistic and social heritage in their own right.
Details
ISBN/GTIN978-1-78309-491-2
ProduktartBuch
EinbandartGebunden
Erscheinungsjahr2016
Erscheinungsdatum02.02.2016
ReiheMultilingual Matters
Seiten284 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
MasseBreite 161 mm, Höhe 240 mm, Dicke 20 mm
Gewicht595 g
Artikel-Nr.35916884

Inhalt/Kritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis
ContributorsAcknowledgementsLaura Kostanski and Guy Puzey: Trends in Onomastics: An IntroductionPart 1: The Varied Identities of People and Places1. Katarzyna Aleksiejuk: Internet Personal Naming Practices and Trends in Scholarly Approaches2. Ian D. Clark: Visitor Experiences of Aboriginal Place Names in Colonial Victoria, Australia, 1834-19003. Michael Walsh: Introduced Personal Names for Australian Aborigines: Adaptations to an Exotic Anthroponymy4. Ellen S. Bramwell: Personal Naming and Community Practices in the Western Isles of Scotland: Putting Names in the Gaelic Sense´5. Peter Mühlhäusler and Joshua Nash: Signs of/on Power, Power on/of Signs: Language-Based Tourism, Linguistic Landscapes, and Onomastics on Norfolk IslandPart 2: Attitudes and Attachment6. Laura Kostanski: The Controversy of Restoring Indigenous Names: Lessons Learnt and Strategies for Success7. Terhi Ainiala: Attitudes towards Street Names in Helsinki8. Maimu Berezkina: Linguistic Landscape and the Inhabitants´ Attitudes towards Place Names in Multicultural Oslo9. Maggie Scott: Attitudes to Scots: Insights from the Toponymicon10. Erzsébet GyÅrffy: Slang Toponyms in Hungary: A Survey of Attitudes among Language UsersPart 3: Power, Resistance and Control11. Guy Puzey: Renaming as Counter-Hegemony: The Cases of Noreg and Padania12. Staffan Nyström: Naming Parks, Foot-Paths and Small Bridges in a Multicultural Suburban Area13. Justyna B. Walkowiak: Personal Names in Language Policy and Planning: Who Plans What Names for Whom and How?14. Aud-Kirsti Pedersen: Is the Official Use of Names in Norway Determined by the Place-Names Act or Attitudes?15. Kaisa Rautio Helander: The Power of Administration in the Official Recognition of Indigenous Place Names in the Nordic Countries             Indexmehr

Autor

Guy Puzey is Lecturer in Scandinavian Studies at the University of Edinburgh, UK. His research interests include language policy, linguistic landscapes and geosemiotics, critical sociolinguistics and toponomastics, particularly in the contexts of Scotland and the Nordic countries.

Laura Kostanski is Director at Geonaming Solutions Pty Ltd & Address Exchange Pty Ltd, and is based in Australia. Her research interests include toponymy, human geography, geospatial systems, crowd sourcing, government policy and Indigenous cultural heritage.