Toponymics

Author : Victor R. Savage,Brenda SA Yeoh
Publisher : Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd
Page : 1180 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2022-10-15
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9789815009231

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Singapore Street Names (4th edition): A Study of Toponymics by Victor R. Savage,Brenda SA Yeoh Pdf

Place names tell us much about a country — its history, its landscape, its people, its aspirations, its self-image, The study of place names called toponymics unlocks the stories that are in every street name and landmark. In Singapore, the existence of various races, cultures and languages, as well as its history of colonization, immigration and nationalism has given rise to a complex history of place names. But how did these places get their names? This revised and expanded 4th edition of the book incorporates additional information, from archival research as well as interviews that have come to light since the last edition. Also included are many new entries that have presented themselves as Singapore’s built environment undergoes redevelopment. Expanded by over 100 pages.

Author : Victor R. Savage,Brenda S. A. Yeoh
Publisher : Marshall Cavendish Academic
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015056472957

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Toponymics by Victor R. Savage,Brenda S. A. Yeoh Pdf

This book represents archival work as well as field work and interviews. The introductory chapters provide an overview of the academic importance of studying place names (toponymics). In Singapore, there has been much controversy over place names due to the introduction of Hanyu Pinyin names. Singapore street names are also complicated by the fact that the names represent colonial, Chinese, Malay, Indian and Arab names. On top of that, many street and place names are also referred to by various ethnic groups in a colloquial manner which is quite different from the official name. This book will help developers to be able to name various buildings and other developments in a historically appropriate and culturally relevant manner. It will also be of interest to those who would like to know the history and background of Singaporean street names.

Author : Gösta Langenfelt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1920
Category : English language
ISBN : UOM:39015055065281

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Toponymics Or Derivations from Local Names in English by Gösta Langenfelt Pdf

Author : Sergei Basik
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2022-11-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781000778113

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Encountering Toponymic Geopolitics by Sergei Basik Pdf

This book provides cutting-edge insights on contemporary geopolitical toponymic policy and practice in post-Soviet countries. It examines the political features of place naming as a reflection of contemporary political discourse. With multidisciplinary insights from leading scholars, chapters explore a range of topics drawing on critical political toponymy and traditional methods. Contributions examine how the toponymic system can act as a symbol of national identity, the regional geopolitics of toponymy, and geopolitical patterns in contemporary renaming. The historical roots of toponymic decolonization are analyzed, as well as indigenous toponymy and politics, and toponymic aspects of people's daily lives. The book explores a wide range of processes in the post-Soviet realm, including power, identity, economy, social order, and how political power is changing/transforming. It considers how these processes are distributed through various geopolitical and political-economic technologies. Offering empirically rich research from a variety of regions to give insights beyond "Western" perspectives, this book is the first to provide an in-depth exploration of post-Soviet place naming. It will appeal to students and researchers in human geography, politics, sociology, Eastern European studies, onomastics and cultural studies.

Author : Adrian Room
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0810831694

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An Alphabetical Guide to the Language of Name Studies by Adrian Room Pdf

Information on more than 660 terms used in onomastics, the study of names.

Author : J. C. Holt
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1997-07-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781441177940

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Colonial England, 1066-1215 by J. C. Holt Pdf

The process of colonization that followed the Norman Conquest defined much of the history of England over the next 150 years, structurally altering the distribution of land and power in society. The author's subjects include Domesday Book, the establishment of knight-service, aristocratic structures and nomenclature, the relation of family to property, and security of title and inheritance. He comments on the work of Maitland, Round and Stenton and ends with studies of the treaty of Winchester (1153), the "casus regis" and Magna Carta.

Author : Benjamin Arnold
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2016-11-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781512800104

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Count and Bishop in Medieval Germany by Benjamin Arnold Pdf

In this examination of the functions of lordship in a medieval society, Benjamin Arnold seeks answers to some of the most fundamental questions for the period of political and institutional history: How did the lords maintain control over the people, land, and resources? How was their rule sustained and justified? Arnold chooses to analyze the Eichstätt region, an area on the borders of three major German provinces: Bavaria, Franconia, and Swabia. The region was the geographical and political dimension within which succeeding bishops, with great tenacity and inventiveness, survived the threat of dominion by their secular neighbors, the counts. The bishops of Eichstätt were able to emerge with a durable territorial structure of their own, which they succeeded in recasting, between 1280 and 1320, into a credible and long-lasting principality. Modern ideas of political progress, Arnold contends, tend to be unfair to medieval institutions that have not left easily recognizable descendants. He argues that it would be more prudent to observe in the territorial fragmentation of Germany not the triumph of chaos but the outcome of a reasonably orderly social and legal process that provided alternative institutions to those of a centralized or national monarchy.

Author : Arctic Institute of North America
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1736 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Arctic regions
ISBN : UOM:39015079909779

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Arctic Bibliography by Arctic Institute of North America Pdf

Author : Michael C. Astour
Publisher : Brill Archive
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Civilization, Mycenaean
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Hellenosemitica by Michael C. Astour Pdf

Author : Gustav Freytag
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1873
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Our Forefathers by Gustav Freytag Pdf

Author : Debbie Kennett
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2012-10-04
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9780752483498

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The Surnames Handbook by Debbie Kennett Pdf

Every surname has its own story to tell, and a surname study is a natural complement to family history research. The study of surnames has been revolutionised in the last decade with the increasing availability of online resources, and it is now easier than ever before to explore the history, evolution, distribution and meaning of your family name. The Surnames Handbook provides a comprehensive guide to researching your surname using genealogical methods in conjunction with the latest advances in DNA testing and surname mapping. The book explores the key resources that are used to study a surname and is packed with links to relevant websites giving you everything you need to research your surname in one compact volume.

Author : Elton Thomas Edward Barker,Stefan Bouzarovski,C. B. R. Pelling,Leif Isaksen
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199664139

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New Worlds from Old Texts by Elton Thomas Edward Barker,Stefan Bouzarovski,C. B. R. Pelling,Leif Isaksen Pdf

Maps dominate the modern sense of place and geography. Yet, so far as we can tell, maps were rare in the Greco-Roman world and, when mentioned in sources, are mistrusted and criticized. Today, technological advances have brought to the fore an entirely new set of methods for representing and interacting with space. In contrast to traditional "topographic" perspectives, the territorial extent of economic and political realms is increasingly conceived though a "topological" lens, in which the nature and frequency of links among different sites matter more than the physical distances between them. New Worlds from Old Texts focuses on the ancient Greek experience of space, conceived of in terms of both its literature and material culture remains, and uses this to reflect on modern thinking. Comprising twelve chapters written by a highly interdisciplinary range of contributors, this edited collection explores the rich array of representational devices employed by ancient authors, whose narrative depictions of spatial relations defy the logic of images and surfaces that dominates contemporary cartographic thought. The volume focuses on Herodotus' Histories--a text that is increasingly cited by Classicists as an example of how ancient perceptions of space may have been rather different to the modern cartographic view--but also considers perceptions of space through the lens of other authors, genres, cultural contexts, and disciplines. In doing so, it reveals how a study of the ancient world can be reinvigorated by, and in turn help to shape, modern technological innovation and methods.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 768 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Geography
ISBN : UCAL:B3931465

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Soviet Geography by Anonim Pdf

Author : Karen B. Stern
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004163706

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Inscribing Devotion and Death by Karen B. Stern Pdf

Drawing upon scholarship of cultural identity, anthropology and historical linguistics, this book offers a novel and contextual approach to the interpretation of archaeological evidence for Jewish populations in North Africa and elsewhere in the ancient Mediterranean.

Author : Gudmund Schutte
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781107674783

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Our Forefathers by Gudmund Schutte Pdf

First published in 1933, this book forms one of two volumes on the ethnography of the Gothic, German, Dutch, Anglo-Saxon, Frisian and Scandinavian peoples.