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OverviewWhat 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Francesco Perono Cacciafoco (Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China) , Francesco Cavallaro (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)Publisher: Cambridge University Press Imprint: Cambridge University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.640kg ISBN: 9781108490160ISBN 10: 1108490166 Pages: 280 Publication Date: 09 March 2023 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of Contents1. 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.Reviews'This book brings together ideas that conceptualise the practices of place naming. Grounded in a multidisciplinary fashion - from sociolinguistics to geography - this volume is innovative as it examines place names according to their relations with histories, cultures, and societies in order to understand their historical and linguistic origins as well as the role they play in people's everyday lives.' Remus Cretan, West University of Timisoara, Romania 'This book brings together ideas that conceptualise the practices of place naming. Grounded in a multidisciplinary fashion – from sociolinguistics to geography – this volume is innovative as it examines place names according to their relations with histories, cultures, and societies in order to understand their historical and linguistic origins as well as the role they play in people's everyday lives.' Remus Creţan, West University of Timișoara, Romania Author InformationFrancesco 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. Francesco Cavallaro is an associate professor in linguistics at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. His research interests are in sociolinguistics and the social aspects of bilingualism, especially of minority groups in multilingual contexts. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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