Advances in Comparative Colonial Toponomastics: 14 (Koloniale und Postkoloniale Linguistik / Colonial and Postcolonial Linguistics (KPL/CPL), 14) - Hardcover

Book 8 of 12: Koloniale und Postkoloniale Linguistik/Colonial and Postcolonial Linguistics (KPL/CPL)
 
9783110712377: Advances in Comparative Colonial Toponomastics: 14 (Koloniale und Postkoloniale Linguistik / Colonial and Postcolonial Linguistics (KPL/CPL), 14)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 3110712377 ISBN 13: 9783110712377
Publisher: De Gruyter, 2020

Synopsis

For the better understanding of the cultural and linguistic impact of colonialism on the shaping of the world as we know it today it is necessary to take account of the Europeanization of the map of the extra-European countries.
To achieve this goal Comparative Colonial Toponomastics (CoCoTop) investigates the place names which were coined in the era of colonialism in the erstwhile possessions of European colonizer nations. This edited volume offers new insights into the toponomastic manifestations of Danish, French, German, Italian, and Spanish colonialism. The focus is on hitherto unexplored macrotoponyms and microtoponyms. Their structural and functional aspects are described. They are linked to the colonial history of the various nations involved. A general toponomastic framework beyond CoCoTop is presented additionally. Several of the papers mark the starting point of recently initiated new research projects.
The volume is of special interest to onomasticians, scholars working in colonial and postcolonial linguistics, and historians of colonialism.

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About the Author

Nataliya Levkovych, Universität Bremen, Deutschland.

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Publisher
De Gruyter
Publication date
2020
Language
German
ISBN 10 
3110712377
ISBN 13 
9783110712377
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
320
Editor
Levkovych