Insular toponymies :: place-naming on Norfolk Island, South Pacific and Dudley Peninsula, Kangaroo Island /

How do people name places on islands? Is toponymy in small island communities affected by degrees of connection to larger neighbours such as a mainland? Are island (contact) languages and mainland languages different in how they are used in naming places? How can we conceptualise the human-human int...

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Main Author: Nash, Joshua
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : The John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2013]
Series:Culture and language use ; v. 9.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:How do people name places on islands? Is toponymy in small island communities affected by degrees of connection to larger neighbours such as a mainland? Are island (contact) languages and mainland languages different in how they are used in naming places? How can we conceptualise the human-human interface in the fieldwork situation when collecting placenames on islands? This book offers answers relevant to toponymists, linguists, island studies scholars, and anthropologists. It focuses on two island environments within Australia - Norfolk Island, South Pacific and Dudley Peninsula, Kangaroo Is.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789027271877
9027271879
1299767435
9781299767430
9027202923
9789027202925

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