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Standardisation and the Wealth of Place Names: Aspects of a Delicate Relationship

Standardisation and the Wealth of Place Names – Aspects of a Delicate Relationship is a selection of double-blind peer-reviewed papers from the 6th International Symposium on Place Names that took place virtually 29 September – 1 October 2021. The symposium explored the issues of multiple place names vis-à-vis processes of standardisation. These studies collectively show that there is not a simplistic dichotomy between standardisation and the protection of cultural heritage. Some papers grapple with the implications and execution of standardisation processes, while others explore the emergence of alternative or unofficial names in response to top-down initiatives. The matter of signed place names also receives some attention. A number of papers excavate the layers of multiple place names, thereby contributing to our ‘wealth’ of toponymic knowledge. These proceedings are the product of collaboration between Southern African and international researchers. As such, it is a valuable resource to local as well as international scholars who are interested in the interdisciplinary field of toponymy.

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Chrismi-Rinda Loth (ed)
University of the Free State
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1458-1729
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18820/9781928424970

Chapters

  • Keynote Address
    Reconciling the Safeguarding and the Standardisation of Geographical Names
    Pierre Jaillard
  • Standardisation of Exonyms
    Peter Jordan
  • Colonial Toponyms in German Guidebooks for Tanzania
    Marie Antoinette Rieger
  • Duelling Naming Systems?
    Official and Unofficial Naming Systems in Chitungwiza, Zimbabwe
    Zvinashe Mamvura
  • Socio-Political Dynamics and Creativity in Language
    Place Naming Among the Basotho
    Palesa Mabohlokoa Khotso Khanyetsi
  • The Use of Multilingual Place Names in Vojvodina, Serbia
    János Jeney
  • Linguistic Fossils in the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    Paulo Márcio Leal de Menezes, Manoel do Couto Fernandes, Kairo da Silva Santos, Júlia Vellasquez Janeiro, Victor Gabriel da Silva Dantas, Gabriela Calafate Ferreira
  • The Legal Recognition of Signed Languages and Signed Place Names Around the World
    Jani de Lange, Theodorus du Plessis
  • Finding Place Names
    Improving the Digital Documentation and Accessibility of SASL Place Names
    Chrismi-Rinda Loth, Jani de Lange, Gideon Kotzé
  • Toponymic Twins
    Polynymy in Croatia
    Ivana Crljenko, Josip Faričić
  • The History of Naming and the Naming of History
    Toponymic Plurality in MesoAmerican Historical Landscapes
    Kathryn M Hudson, John S Henderson
  • East Africa in Chinese Medieval Sources
    Vladimír Liščák

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Published
August 29, 2023
Series
International Symposium on Place Names Conference Proceedings
Copyright (c) 2023 Chrismi-Rinda Loth; Pierre Jaillard, Peter Jordan, Marie Antoinette Rieger, Zvinashe Mamvura, Palesa Mabohlokoa Khotso Khanyetsi, János Jeney, Paulo Márcio Leal de Menezes, Manoel do Couto Fernandes, Kairo da Silva Santos, Júlia Vellasquez Janeiro, Victor Gabriel da Silva Dantas, Gabriela Calafate Ferreira, Jani de Lange, Theodorus du Plessis, Gideon Kotzé, Ivana Crljenko, Josip Faričić, Kathryn M Hudson, John S Henderson, Vladimír Liščák
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9781928424970
Date of first publication (11)
2022-09-12

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Date of first publication (11)
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Loth, C.-R. (Ed.). (2023). Standardisation and the Wealth of Place Names: Aspects of a Delicate Relationship (Vols. 5). UJ Press. https://doi.org/10.18820/9781928424970