Illustrated with numerous case studies, this book provides the first comprehensive overview of toponymy and toponomastics â the studies of place names and proper names. Wide-ranging yet accessible, it is essential reading for researchers and students in historical linguistics, etymology, sociolinguistics, anthropology, sociology, and geography.
Illustrated with numerous case studies, this book provides the first comprehensive overview of toponymy and toponomastics â the studies of place names and proper names. Wide-ranging yet accessible, it is essential reading for researchers and students in historical linguistics, etymology, sociolinguistics, anthropology, sociology, and geography.
Francesco Perono Cacciafoco is an associate professor in linguistics at Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University. Before joining XJTLU, he was a senior lecturer in historical linguistics at Nanyang Technological University. He works on the etymology of Indo-European place names, on the study of Aegean scripts, on cryptography, on language deciphering, and on language documentation.
Inhaltsangabe
1. Introduction 2. Language change 3. Historical toponomastics 4. Toponymy and the historical-linguistic reconstruction of proto-languages 5. Diachronic toponymy 6. Landscape and toponymy 7. Historical toponomastics and historical geography 8. Synchronic toponymy 9. Place names and society 10. Toponymy and cartography.
1. Introduction 2. Language change 3. Historical toponomastics 4. Toponymy and the historical-linguistic reconstruction of proto-languages 5. Diachronic toponymy 6. Landscape and toponymy 7. Historical toponomastics and historical geography 8. Synchronic toponymy 9. Place names and society 10. Toponymy and cartography.
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