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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nash, Joshua.

Series:

Culture and Language Use: Studies in Anthropological Linguistics ; 9

Culture and language use : studies in anthropological linguistics ; v 9

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Names, Geographical--Norfolk Island.

Names, Geographical.

Names, Geographical--Australia--Kangaroo Island (S. Aust.).

Norfolk Island--Name.

Norfolk Island.

Kangaroo Island (S.A.)--Name.

Kangaroo Island (S.A.).

Norfolk Island--Geography.

Kangaroo Island (S.A.)--Geography.

Physical Description:

xiv, 302 p.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Company, 2013.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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 Island, South Australia – and puts forward a number of novel findings relevant to Australian linguistics and the linguistics and toponymy of islands anywhere.

Contents:

Prelim pages

Table of contents

Preface

Chapter 1. Insular Toponymies

Chapter 2. The Context

Chapter 3. Doing ecolinguistic fieldwork on islands

Chapter 4. Linguistic aspects of Norfolk Island toponymy

Chapter 5. Cultural aspects of Norfolk Island toponymy

Chapter 6. Linguistic aspects of Dudley Peninsula toponymy

Chapter 7. Cultural aspects of Dudley Peninsula toponymy

Chapter 8. Toponymic Ethnography

References

Appendix A. Norfolk Island Data

Appendix B. Dudley Peninsula Data

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9789027271877

9027271879

OCLC:

840939141