Names and Naming - People, Places, Perceptions and Power

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.

About the author

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.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Assisted by: Laura Kostanski (Editor), Guy Puzey (Editor)
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.02.2016
• EAN: 9781783094912
• ISBN: 978-1-78309-491-2
• No. of pages: 284
• Dimensions: 161 mm x 240 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 593 g
• Series: Multilingual Matters; Multilingual Matters
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures