04533nam 2201081z- 450 99106194783033212022102697819284242531928424252(CKB)4100000009513066(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/93299(Perlego)3511879(oapen)doab93299(EXLCZ)99410000000951306620220518d2019 uy |engurmn|---annantxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierCritical toponomyPlace names in political, historical and commercial landscapeBloemfonteinUJ Press20191 online resource (208 p.)9781928424246 1928424244 Critical Toponymy: Place names in political, historical and commercial landscapes contains a selection of double-blind peer-reviewed papers from the 4th International Symposium on Place Names that took place 18-20 September 2017 in Windhoek, Namibia. These papers present current thinking on how the critical turn in social sciences is manifested in toponymic research, not only locally but also internationally. As such it includes research on place names from South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Austria, Slovenia, Central America and even the former Czechoslovakia. The contributions show that the etymology of place names are never purely linguistic - social, political, commercial and other factors influence the giving, use and adaptations of these linguistic and cultural artefacts. Furthermore, given their high symbolic content, place names also serve as political and commercial currency. Place names are therefore important symbolic markers in preserving or changing cultural identities, and in marking or facilitating socio-political changes and relations. Critical Toponymy showcases the many ways in which the representational potential of place names can be deployed in different contexts. Scholars as well as practitioners in toponymy and sociolinguistics will find this an illuminating read.Critical toponomySocial & cultural anthropology, ethnographybicsscSociolinguisticsbicsscAustriaBushmanlandCentral AmericaChrismi-Rinda Lothcommercial place-nameCornelia Geldenhuyscultural dominationcultural heritageCzechoslovakiadialectics and politics of football as revealed in the names and nicknames of three selected Zimbabwe stadiumsDrago KladnikElda HungweetymologyFirst TrekGeographical names standardisationGeorg SchuppenerGodwin MakaudzeHerero place nameshistorical and commercial landscapesJani de LangeKathryn M. HudsonKatja Vintar MallyLawrence HobaLiketso Dubelinguistic landscapeLucie A. MöllerMatjaž Geršičmissionary societiesname-planningNamibiaNoViolet Bulawayo's We Need New NamesPeter JordanPioneersplace namesPlace namesplace-related identitiespoliticalpolitical aspectsrural South Africaselected toponymsSloveniaSlovenian choronyms in brand namessocio-political changesSouth AfricaSteyn Khesani MadlometerritoryTheodorus du PlessistoponymunravellingZimbabweSocial & cultural anthropology, ethnographySociolinguisticsBeyer Hermanedt1288390Raper PeteredtBrenzinger MatthiasedtDu Plessis TheoedtBeyer HermanothRaper PeterothBrenzinger MatthiasothDu Plessis TheoothBOOK9910619478303321Critical toponomy3020807UNINA