Place Naming, Identities and Geography

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Editors:

 

• Gerry O’Reilly

• Presents the geographical state-of-the-art related to the Sustainable Dev
  elopment Goals

• Discusses standardizing geospatial names and intangible cultural data

• Covers a range of case studies from original languages and cultures

About this book

This book presents research on geographical naming on land and sea from a wide range of standpoints on: theory and concepts, case studies and education. Space and place naming or toponymy has a long tradition in the sciences and a renewed critical interest in geography and allied disciplines including the humanities. Place: location and cartographical aspects, etymology and geo-histories so salient in past studies, are now being enhanced from a range of radical perspectives, especially in a globalizing, standardizing world with Googlization and the consequent ‘normalization’ of place names, perceptions and images worldwide including those for marketing purposes. Nonetheless, there are conflicting and contesting voices. The interdisciplinary research is enhanced with authors from regional, national and international toponymy-related institutions and organizations including the UNGEGN, IGU, ICA and so forth.

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Sortie sous forme papier ou ebook de l’Ouvrage :

Politiques des noms de lieux : dénommer le monde

Giraut F. & Houssay-Holzschuch M., 2023, Politiques des noms de lieux : dénommer le monde, Londres: Iste, 279 p.

Dirigé par Frédéric Giraut et Myriam Houssay-Holzschuch, cet ouvrage constitue une somme collective et internationale présentant les différents aspects d’un champ émergent : la toponymie politique. L’ouvrage peut être considéré comme un manuel pour ce champ. Il est la version française de l’ouvrage similaire déjà paru en Anglais chez Iste-Wiley.

Place Names: Approaches and Perspectives in Toponymy and Toponomastics

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• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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• Online publication date: March 2023 
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• Online ISBN: 9781108780384
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• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108780384 

Francesco Perono Cacciafoco, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China, Francesco Cavallaro, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

What are place names? From where do they originate? How are they structured? What do they signify? How important are they in our life? This groundbreaking book explores these compelling questions and more by providing a thorough introduction to the assumptions, theories, terminology, and methods in toponymy and toponomastics – the studies of place names, or toponyms. It is the first comprehensive resource on the topic in a single volume, and explores the history and development of toponyms, focusing on the conceptual and methodological issues pertinent to the study of place names around the world. It presents a wide range of examples and case studies illustrating the structure, function, and importance of toponyms from ancient times to the present day. Wide ranging yet accessible, it is an indispensable source of knowledge for students and scholars in linguistics, toponymy and toponomastics, onomastics, etymology, and historical linguistics.