Ukraine erases Russian toponyms from public spaces

(20 Dec 2022) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Kyiv, Ukraine - 15 December 2022 1. Various of man clearing snow ANNOTATION: Ukraine is erasing the centuries-long vestiges of Soviet and Russian influence from public spaces by removing monuments and renaming streets. 2. Various of fence with sign reading (Ukrainian): "Dostoevskogo street, 2" ANNOTATION: Streets are being renamed to honour Ukrainian artists, poets, military chiefs, independence leaders and even heroes of this year’s war. 3. Wide of street 4. Mid of dog 5. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Valeryi Sholomytskyi, 61, Kyiv resident: “I was happy (about the change of name of street), although I have a very good attitude towards Dostoevsky. I am a graduate of our National Academy of Arts in Kyiv. I eventually finished. That’s why I really like Andy Warhol Street.” 6. Close of fence with sign reading (Ukrainian): "Dostoevskogo street, 14/431" ANNOTATION: It is part punishment for Russia’s invasion and part affirmation of a long-overlooked national identity. ASSOCIATED PRESS Kyiv, Ukraine - 14 December 2022 7. Wide of Kyiv City Council building 8. Wide of deputy head of Kyiv City Council Volodymyr Prokopiv talking to AP journalists 9. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Volodymyr Prokopiv, deputy head of Kyiv City Council: "The names of the streets, the presence of certain monuments are not about toponymy, it is not about the decision of this or that local authority. This is about... maybe it will sound a little harsh - this is about the fact that Russia believed that Ukraine had no right to exist." 10. Close of list with street names UPSOUND (Ukrainian): "Blue - it means that decision is already done. Other colours are other stages with repeated voting." ANNOTATION: Their national identity is having what may be an unprecedented surge, in ways large and small. 11. Wide of Prokopiv talking to AP journalists ASSOCIATED PRESS Kyiv, Ukraine - 15 December 2022 12. A sign on residential building reading (Ukrainian): "Romana Ratushnoho street" ANNOTATION: Many Ukrainians who spoke Russian as their first language from birth now shun or at least limit use of it. 13. Wide of man and woman walking on street 14. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Tetyana Sapronova, Kyiv resident: “We are very pleased that this is being done. And our defenders... By their names, who died, so that the streets should be named. And there should be no Russian names. Such as Durzhba Narodov (translating to ‘friendship of countries’). What kind of friendship do we have? There is no (friendship) there already.” 15. Wide of street 16. Mid of residential building ANNOTATION: Since the start of the program, some 200 streets have been renamed in Kyiv, with 100 more on the way, the city authority said. 17. Sign on the residential building reading (Ukrainian): "Romana Ratushnoho street" STORYLINE: On the streets of Kyiv, Fyodor Dostoevsky is on the way out. Andy Warhol is on the way in. Ukraine is accelerating efforts to erase the vestiges of Soviet and Russian influence from its public spaces by pulling down monuments and renaming hundreds of streets to honor its own artists, poets, soldiers, independence leaders and others — including heroes of this year’s war. Following Moscow’s invasion on Feb. 24 that has killed or injured untold numbers of civilians and soldiers and pummeled buildings and infrastructure, Ukraine's leaders have shifted a campaign that once focused on dismantling its Communist past into one of “de-Russification.”

Project "The Power of Labels: The Meaning and Use of Names for Identities and Conditions"

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2022 KR. 1.273.650

Katrine Kehlet Bechsgaard

Title and degree: Postdoctoral Fellow, PhD

Institution: University of California, Berkeley

Grant type: Reintegration Fellowships

What

What are the societal and social causes and effects of the ways in which minority identities and conditions are named? This is the question that the project seeks to answer. I will study official and unofficial labels used for various identities and conditions based on for example ethnicity, sexuality, and mental conditions, such as nydansker, transkønnet, and autist, in order to gain knowledge of developments, perceptions, patterns, and phases of label use.

Why

Throughout time, identities and conditions have changed both names and connotations. Danish outdated examples include kejthåndet, fruentimmer, fremmedarbejder, homofil and DAMP-barn. Currently, there is a massive focus on naming and labeling of identities and conditions in the public debate in the Western world, and we need better understandings of the causes and effects of attaching labels to various groups in society as well as how labels and attitudes towards them change over time.

How

The project will get to the core of the nature of naming minority groups and look for developments and patterns in the ways in which these labels have been used and perceived over the past three decades. To track recent developments in which labels are used, and how they are used, I will collect data from Danish newspapers from the past three decades as well as do in-depth interviews with individuals belonging to minority groups.

Appels à contributions "Le nom et l'au-delà du nom : anthroponymie et littérature algérienne d'expression française" (Biskra, Algérie)

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Le Département de Langue et de Littérature Françaises de l’Université Mohamed Khider de Biskra – Algérie et le laboratoire SEPRADIS

Organisent

Le colloque national

Le nom et l'au-delà du nom : 
Anthroponymie et littérature algérienne d'expression française

Du 5 au 6 avril 2023

• Date de tombée (deadline) : 01 Février 2023
• À : Faculté des Lettres et des Langues de l'Université de Biskra

Argumentaire

Le nom propre du personnage littéraire occupe une place « extrêmement importante », et même « capitale » - si l’en reprend les mots de Flaubert - dans la littérature algérienne d’expression française, à l’instar de toute littérature d’ailleurs. Etant un élément textuel à haute charge significative, il participe non seulement au sens du texte, mais il peut, à lui seul, raconter l’histoire.

Selon Marc Wilmet, « l’homme de la rue n’a guère d’emprise sur les noms propres, à l’exception des prénoms et des sobriquets. L’écrivain, lui, s’arroge le pouvoir divin de nommer, sinon les lieux (et encore), en tout cas les personnages de la fiction »[1]. En leur choisissant des noms, il leur attribue un être, voire un paraître. David Lodge, quant à lui, affirme que :

Dans un roman les noms ne sont jamais neutres. Ils signifient toujours quelque chose, ne serait-ce que leur banalité. Les écrivains comiques, satiriques ou didactiques peuvent se permettre d’être ouvertement allégoriques en nommant leurs personnages (voyez Thwackum, Pumblechook ou Pilgrim). Les romanciers réalistes préfèrent des noms quelconques pourvu qu’ils possèdent les connotations appropriées (comme Emma Woodhouse ou Adam Bede)[2].

Dans ce sens, l’objectif de ce colloque est double, il vise, d’une part, à démontrer l’importance de l’anthroponyme dans la littérature algérienne d’expression française, et d’autre part, à proposer une méthode d’analyse de cet élément textuel, propre à la littérature mais qui fait appel à d’autres disciplines.

Comment donc un écrivain choisit-il les noms de ses personnages ? Est-ce par rapport à l’histoire, ou à l’Histoire ? Ou bien la tentation le pousse à jouer sur les deux à la fois ? Afin de répondre à ses questionnements, il serait souhaitable que les réflexions soient divisées selon les périodes suivantes :

Axe 1 : les œuvres publiées de 1940 à 1953 ;
Axe 2 : les œuvres publiées de 1954 à 1962 ;
Axe 3 : les œuvres publiées de 1963 à 1990 ;
Axe 4 : les œuvres publiées de 1991 à 2002 ;
Axe 5 : les œuvres publiées de 2003 à 2018 ;
Axe 6 : les œuvres publiées de 2019 jusqu’à ce jour.

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Les propositions de communication, résumés de 300 mots maximum, en français, accompagnés, sur une page à part, d’une biobibliographie, doivent parvenir, avant le 1er février 2023 à l’adresse suivante :

anthroponymie2023@gmail.com

Calendrier :

Envoi des propositions : 1er février 2023
Notification de l’acceptation : 5 février 2023
Date du colloque : du 5 au 6 avril 2023

Le colloque se fera en mode hybride : présentiel et à distance.

Présidents d’honneur :
Dr. Brahim Kethiri, Doyen de la Faculté des Lettres et des Langues.

Président du colloque :
Dr. Mounir Hammouda, Université de Biskra.

Président du comité scientifique :
Dr. Khaled Guerid, Directeur du laboratoire SEPRADIS.

Membres du comité scientifique :
Pr. Abdelouahab Dakhia, Université de Biskra.
Pr. Chafika Femmam, Université de Biskra.
Pr. Saïd Saïdi, Université Batna 1.
Dr. Amel Maouchi, Université de Constantine 1.
Dr. Aziza Benzid, Université de Biskra.
Dr. Dalila Belkacem, Université Oran 2.
Dr. Dounia Djerou, Université de Biskra.
Dr. Houda Aouiche, Université de Biskra.
Dr. Khedidja Ghemri, Université de Biskra.
Dr. Nadjette Ouamane, Université de Biskra.
Dr. Nawel Hamel, Université de Biskra.
Dr. Sihem Guettafi, Université de Biskra.
Dr. Tarek Khireddine, Université de Biskra.
Dr. Yasmine Achour, Université de Biskra.

Président du comité d’organisation :
Dr. Dounia Djerou, Université de Biskra.

Membres du comité d’organisation :
M. Ghazali Guerrouf, Université de Biskra.
Mme. Chahrazed Boughefir, Université de Biskra.
Mme. Ifrikia Fettah, Université de Biskra.
Mlle. Rabhia Baaissa, Université de Biskra.
Mlle. Amina Sofia Souiki, Université de Biskra.
Mlle. Fatma Zohra Ghanem, Université de Biskra.
Mlle. Khadidja Rahmani, Université de Biskra.
Mlle. Romaissa Djouadi, Université de Biskra.
Mlle. Zineb Abir Saouli, Université de Biskra.

 
[1] Marc Wilmet, « Le nom propre en linguistique et en littérature » [en ligne], Bruxelles, Académie royale de langue et de littérature françaises de Belgique, 1995. Disponible sur : < www.arllfb.be >
[2]David Lodge, L’art de la fiction, éd. Rivages, 1996, p 57.

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  Mounir Hammouda
• Url de référence :
  https://univ-biskra.dz/sites/fll/index.php/en
• Adresse :
  Faculté des Lettres et des Langues de l'Université de Biskra

70th Anniversary of Prof. Makhpirov

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An international round table on the topic "Modern trends in linguistics: from the anthropocentric paradigm to anthropological linguistics" dedicated to the 70th anniversary of Doctor of Philology, Professor V.U. Makhpirov was held on December 7, 2022 at Kazakh Ablai Khan University of International Relations and World Languages.

Professor Makhpirov V.U. is a well-known Turkologist and orientalist, teacher, excellent teacher of education of the Republic of Kazakhstan, awarded the medal of the International Organization "TURKSOY", a commemorative sign of the Turkish Linguistic Society (Turk dili kurumu). In 1998 he defended his doctoral dissertation on the topic "Ancient Turkic onomastics: sources of formation, features of functioning, structural types."

Since June 1998 he has been working at Kazakh Ablai Khan University of International Relations and World Languages (Head of Arabic Language and Literature Department of Oriental Philology Faculty, Director of the Research Center for Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, Professor of Arabic Language and Literature Department of Oriental Philology Faculty, Dean of Oriental Philology Faculty, Professor of Oriental Philology Department and currently Professor of the Department of Postgraduate Education). He published more than 70 scientific papers in various scientific publications of the Republic of Kazakhstan and in foreign publications (Turkey, China, CIS), including 7 monographs, 3 textbooks.

The area of ​​ V.U. Makhpirov’s scientific interests is Turkic onomastics (toponymy, anthroponymy, ethnonymy), Turkic lexicology, history of Turkic languages, comparative study of languages, discourse and analysis, linguoculturology.

V.U. Makhpirov participated in the international projects "Comparative dictionary of Turkic languages" (Turkey, 1991), "Functioning of the Uighur language in Kazakhstan" (Minzu University, China, Beijing), made scientific reports at many international conferences in Moscow, Istanbul, Ankara, Beijing, Kazan, Bishkek. At present, Professor V.U. Makhpirov is the scientific supervisor of master's and doctoral dissertations at the Department of Postgraduate Education and the Department of Oriental Philology.

Prominent scientists of KazUIR&WL, Kazakh universities, scientific organizations and a number of foreign scientists, including Yurdakul Yalchin, PhD (Turkey), Kazhybek Erden Zadauly, PhD, corresponding member of NAS RK, President of the International Turkological Center, Bekbolayev Amangeldy Zhaparovich, Doctor of Philosophy, Professor, Dean of the Faculty of Humanities of the Kyrgyz-Slavic University named after B. Yeltsin (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan), Safar Abdullo, full member of the Academy of Persian Language and Literature (Iran), and many others took part in this event.

The International round table was held at a high scientific and educational level.

Faculty of Postgraduate Education

Республиканский семинар по ономастике в Актобе

В Актобе прошёл республиканский семинар на тему "Национальная ономастика". На нём были обсуждены актуальные вопросы в сфере ономастики и выработаны предложения по совершенствованию деятельности регионов. Мероприятие организовано министерством культуры и спорта. Сайт: http://aktobetv.kz

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What a nice surprise for Christmas! This exciting book is fully available in open access.

Naming and Mapping the Gods in the Ancient
Mediterranean

Spaces, Mobilities, Imaginaries

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110798432 

Ancient religions are definitely complex systems of gods, which resist our understanding. Divine names provide fundamental keys to gain access to the multiples ways gods were conceived, characterized, and organized. Among the names given to the gods many of them refer to spaces: cities, landscapes, sanctuaries, houses, cosmic elements. They reflect mental maps which need to be explored in order to gain new knowledge on both the structure of the pantheons and the human agency in the cultic dimension. By considering the intersection between naming and mapping, this book opens up new perspectives on how tradition and innovation, appropriation and creation play a role in the making of polytheistic and monotheistic religions.
Far from being confined to sanctuaries, in fact, gods dwell in human environments in multiple ways. They move into imaginary spaces and explore the cosmos. By proposing a new and interdiciplinary angle of approach, which involves texts, images, spatial and archeaeological data, this book sheds light on ritual practices and representations of gods in the whole Mediterranean, from Italy to Mesopotamia, from Greece to North Africa and Egypt. Names and spaces enable to better define, differentiate, and connect gods.

Introducing Onomastics and Recording Welsh Place Names with Dr Sara Wheeler and Jessica John

Learn about the field of Onomastics from Dr Sara Wheeler at Wrexham Glyndwr University, interviewed by Jessica John, Cultural Heritage Officer at Eryri National Park Authority.

The Oxford Medieval Graduate Conference 2023: ‘Names and Naming’

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The conference will be held in person (with limited measures for online papers) at Ertegun House, Oxford, on the 20th and 21st of April, 2023. 

This call for papers relating to all aspects of the broad topic of ‘names and naming’ in the medieval world. They are welcoming papers in any discipline, be it literary; historical; archaeological; linguistic; interdisciplinary; or anything else. There are no limitations on geographical region or time period, as long as the topic falls within the medieval period. 

Examples of areas of interest may include but are not limited to: 

♦ Naming and shaming 

♦ Authorship; pseudonyms 

♦ Classifications 

♦ Etymology 

♦ Place names 

♦ Historiographical groups 

♦ Ethnonyms 

♦ Insults 

♦ Nicknames 

♦ Seals, identity 

♦ Translation 

♦ Trades 

♦ Lineage 

♦ Genres 

♦ Graffiti; marginalia 

♦ Saints’ names; cults 

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES 

Papers should be a maximum of 20 minutes. The organisers intend to provide bursaries to help with travel costs, and they are welcoming applications from graduate students at any university. Please email abstracts of 250 words to oxgradconf@gmail.com by 15th January, 2023.

Folia Onomastica Croatica's 30th anniversary !!!

The onomastic journal "Folia Onomastica Croatica" is 30 years old. Our warmest congratulations!  The first number was published in 1992. It is the journal of the Department of Philological Sciences at Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts. It is the only scientific journal dedicated to names research in Croatia. 

From 1992 to 2022, 448 papers were published:

• 294 scientific papers (original scientific papers, communications, reviews)

• 20 expert papers

• 26 bibliographies

• 91 presentations and/or reports on scientific conferences

• 17 presentations of the life and works of prominent onomasts on the occasion of their birthday or death. 

 link Find the new issue here !

Od etymologie ke krajině - onomastika pro 21. století

 

Vlastní jména jsou nám vlastní 

Jakou roli hrají v našem životě a ve společnosti vlastní jména? Kniha, která vychází z konceptů „ostravské onomastické školy“, ukazuje, že jejich specifičnost se zdaleka nevyčerpává jen pravopisem velkých písmen. Autoři — akademici i studenti Katedry českého jazyka Filozofické fakulty Ostravské univerzity — se na téma dívají komplexně: reflektují spory a diverzitu přístupů uvnitř samotné disciplíny, zaměřují se na vztah vlastního jména a textu, rozplétají složité vazby mezi onomastikou a pamětí, politikou, literaturou, historií a marketingem. V bádání počítají i s nejnovějším vývojem v lingvistice — využívají textové korpusy, kvantitativní analýzy a neopomíjejí ani výzkum jmen jako součásti jazykové krajiny. 

New book release – Jaroslav David, Tereza Klemensová, Michal Místecký et al. Od etymologie ke krajině — onomastika pro 21. století [From Etymology to Landscape — Onomastics for the 21st Century]. Ostrava – Brno, 2022, 444 pages.

The new book, consisting of 27 chapters grouped into four thematic sections, has attempted to answer a question that is hinted at in the title itself: What does onomastics offer to the 21st century? What are the prospects for a specialized field of research which has been an established linguistic discipline for a few decades only? In line with the principles of “Ostrava onomastic school”, the insights focus on functioning of names in discourse and try to overcome the etymology-based approaches dominating the discipline in the 20th century.  That is why the authors present new methodologies in the proper name research – mostly based on quantitative and corpus linguistics and on the concepts of political and linguistic landscapes. Attention is paid to a wide range of subjects, including literary criticism, politics, sociology, history, geography, demography, and marketing.The book, published in Czech, contains comprehensive summaries in English, German, and Polish.

Appel à communications par la Société canadienne d’onomastique (SCO)

 

Appel à communications: 

Société canadienne d’onomastique (SCO) 

57e Réunion annuelle et virtuelle, ayant lieu lors du 

Congrès des sciences humaines du Canada 

https://www.federationhss.ca/fr/congres/congres-2023 

York University, Toronto, ON, Canada 

28 et 29 mai 2023 

Le thème retenu en 2023 est : « Confronter le passé, réimaginer l’avenir » ; toutefois, les communications sur tout autre sujet portant sur l’onomastique sont les bienvenues. 

 Les communications d’une durée de 20 minutes seront suivies d’une période de 10 minutes accordée aux questions et à la discussion. Les présentations pourront aussi se faire à distance, au besoin. 

Veuillez soumettre un résumé d’environ 200 mots, titre inclus. Une invitation spéciale est lancée pour d’autres communications portant sur thème choisi pour un panel intitulé : Noms en contact : Hommage à Wolfgang Ahrens. 

Indiquez les nom et affiliation des auteurs de la communication sans omettre d’inclure l’adresse de courriel de chacun. 

Bien qu’il ne soit pas nécessaire d’être membre de la Société pour soumettre une communication, il est cependant indispensable que tous les participants y adhèrent afin d’être inscrits au programme (en visitant la page d’inscription comme membre). En effet, il faut débourser les frais d’inscription à la SCO ainsi qu’au Congrès 2023. Des indications additionnelles viendront avec l’envoi des avis d’acceptation ou de refus des communications. 

 Veuillez faire parvenir votre résumé par courriel au plus tard le 1er février 2023 à : jonathan.lofft@mail.utoronto.ca.

Onomastique textuelle: Théories et méthodes pour l’analyse des noms propres

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Théories et méthodes pour l’analyse des noms propresOnomastique textuelle

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  Publication type: Book
• Author: Hébert (Louis)
• Abstract: The book – synthesis of the French current of analysis of the proper name and interpretative semantics – defines the proper name, draws up typologies, establishes its functions, signification and meaning. After method proposals are analyzed two literary texts, a name of God, websites, the logo of Amazon.
• Number of pages: 354
• Parution: 12-07-2022
• Collection: Linguistic Domains, n° 21
• Series: Corpus et sciences des textes, n° 2

L’ouvrage – synthèse du courant francophone d’analyse du nom propre et de la sémantique interprétative – définit le nom propre, en dresse des typologies, en établit les fonctions et le sens. Après des propositions de méthode sont analysés deux textes littéraires et le logo d’Amazon.

Latest issue of Noms dedicated to Renada-Laura Portet

 Enjoy the latest issue of NOMS (Nr. 18) dedicated to the Northern Catalan writer Renada-Laura Portet (1927-2021), who among others published scientific articles about Catalan onomastics and toponymy. 

Ja es pot consultar en línia el número 18 de la revista Noms, disponible a https://www.onomastica.cat/publicacions/noms/

e-Onomastics is 10 years old ! ! !

 e-Onomastics, this very blog, is TEN years old this month! 

I can’t believe it’s been 10 years since I started blogging! 

It was tough to juggle full time work at college but I did it. 

Over that time, the vision for this blog has slightly changed but I am still doing more or less the same.

I am still in a bit of shock about that fact, never would I have ever dreamed that my blog could last this long. 

It’s been ten amazing years spent in the company of all of you, wonderful and good-hearted onomasticians, who really keep me going. 

With almost 1,26 million visits and 3.777 posts, we are one of the oldest and the most visited blog dedicated to onomastics: 

I can’t imagine my life without interacting with you guys whose generosity and research has been essential to me. Thanks to all of you delightful name-fans for bringing out a more confident side of me, with your collective kindness and endless array of support in sharing onomastic news. 

I’m so happy to have reached this milestone in my blogging "career" and hope to continue for as long as I can)))

Book release: The Politics of Place Naming, Naming the World

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We are pleased to announce the release of the book :

The Politics of Place Naming: Naming the World

Giraut, F.  & Houssay-Holzschuch,  M. (Eds). 2022, The Politics of Place Naming. Naming the World. London / Hoboken, ISTE-Wiley.

This collective book provides an international overview of critical toponymy in its various aspects. It brings together specialists in the field who deliver synthesis of the various themes. The social, political and cultural stakes of place naming are thus deciphered as well as the different practices according to the contexts.

The book can be ordered at the following address where you can also download the Introduction, which provides an overview of the field, and the Table of contents:

Toponyms of Bangladesh: Footprints of History

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Reviewed by Sheikh Tawhidul Islam 

DARA Shamsuddin in his book titled "Bangladesher Sthan Nam: Itihasher Padachinho" (in English it stands Toponyms of Bangladesh: Footprints of History) told us a story of how Bangla language, along with developments in allied areas such as social, religious, economic and political processes, has evolved in this deltaic regions through historical progression of actions and events. Place names of Bangladesh have been used by the author as proxy to show how fusion of multiple variables of external and internal origins contributed to the evolution of Bangla language and also facilitated the process of emergence of the country as a sovereign nation. In addition to the historical episodes and chronicles presented, the author also illustrated the influence of local physical attributes/processes in labeling a place with a certain name.

The place names (using mauza names) of Bangladesh were thoroughly analyzed in the book for their historical lineage, structural forms and patterns (including phonetics, forms of spelling, evolution and conversion of Bangla words from English, into English and in many cases re-conversion) and literary sources. Application of computer technology helped the author to provide precise indications of occurrences of place names in certain conditions (e.g. sample assessment showed that 46 percent of place names have two syllabi in their construction, see Table 5.13 page 114). A spatial analysis was presented with geographical clustering of different prefixes and suffixes of place names superimposed on physical maps of Bangladesh. These maps give indications that the place names have strong correlation with their being with physical and social phenomena (like distribution of canal, rivers, sediment deposited islands, presence of settlements) of an area. Gradual progress in reading will give the reader a sense that the book is the end-result of a long and painstaking research, where results were seamlessly knitted to form a single piece. 

The book demonstrates that primary thrusts of developing the lexis of Bangla, rich stock of words (e.g. Austric language lend us the names of numerous plants and animals; please see Appendix 1) and their evolution through different kingdoms such as Maurya, Kushan-Gupta, Pal, Afghan-Turks-Mughals are important contributions of past events and the products of historical processes. This might open up two avenues of thoughts to the readers; firstly people of this region were open to embracing external elements to which they were exposed to and/or secondly they had limited capacity and strength to hold back the infringements whether it was the imposition of the foreign rulers or diffusion of foreign cultures including language. Whatever way we accept it, the historical analysis showed that the main attributes of Bangla language remained in aspects like plurality, multiplicity, diversity and profusion. Thus liberalism, tolerance and progressiveness become the defining characteristics of Bangla language. 

It is important to note that the author demonstrated an extraordinary skill in combining wide ranging elements for which he has to be conversant with at least five disciplines like Bangla language, History, Anthropology, Archaeology and Geography. In addition, control over computer aided applications specially the use of Geographical Information Systems (GIS), strong field exposure, deep knowledge of development programme of the country and finally strong commitment towards the nation, all in collective fashion, contributed to supplying the materials needed to write this book. Hence the readers of the book would be wide-ranging including students and teachers of academic disciplines, development planners and practitioners, government officials and people who are engaged in curriculum development and training on Bangladesh affairs. The author very effectively showed how history could be used to recognize self identity, map the roots of Bangla language and how local norms and religious practices influence, how production processes and production relations take place and progress made. The annexure would be of direct use as reference where 239 gods and goddess of Hindu communities, 364 (profession based) family names, origins of Bangla words are given. The book is well structured and reader friendly; even the author provided a guideline for different reader groups how to navigate to different sections of the book. The author acknowledged that he could not undertake all necessary research to unearth more facts on the subject matter and provided specific indications where others may pay attention and do further research.

Будет создана ономастическая база данных Алматинской области

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Планируется создание электронной базы данных для наименований улиц в Алматинской области которые остаются без наименований, идеологически устарели и бессмысленно названы. Об этом сообщил руководитель отдела управления по развитию языков Алматинской области Жандар Асан, передает Деловой Казахстан.

«Управлением по развитию языков Алматинской области в целях реализации государственной программы реализации языковой политики в Республике Казахстан на 2020-2025 годы проводится ряд комплексных мероприятий. В частности, управление намерено создать специальную базу данных наименований улиц региона, которые не получили названия, не имеют смысла и идеологически устарели»Жандар Асан

По его словам, эта инициатива позволит, во-первых, сформировать список улиц. Во-вторых, оказывает существенное влияние на систематизацию работ по переименованию и переименованию улиц.

«На основе информационных данных будет сформирована электронная ономастическая база данных Алматинской области. Ономастика – это основа государственной идеологии. Актуальная модернизация названия населенных пунктов и улиц – сегодня имеет большое значение. Эта инициатива будет реализована с этой целью»Жандар Асан

Стоит отметить, что сегодня в области 3 103 проспекта, улицы и парки, 120 учреждений образования и 2 Дома культуры названы в честь исторических личностей. Кроме того, в регионе 4 района, 39 сельских округов, 83 населенных пункта и 6 538 улиц названы в честь известных личностей.