Geographische Namen können als ‘verdichtete Erzählungen’ über das geographische Objekt, das sie bezeichnen, sowie über die namengebende Gemeinschaft betrachtet werden. In Richtung des Objekts gilt dies jedoch nur für deskriptive Namen, nicht für Gedenknamen wie Namen nach Personen oder Ereignissen oder für neutrale Namen wie Namen nach Blumen oder Tieren. Die Zuschreibung der Qualität ‘verdichteter Erzählungen’ beruht auf der Annahme, dass jeder Name mit Bedacht gewählt wurde und ein wesentliches oder auffallendes Merkmal eines Objekts hervorhebt. Allerdings kann dieses Merkmal heute nicht mehr so wichtig sein und ist die Bedeutung eines Namens auch nicht immer transparent, weil Namen oft aus früheren Sprachen oder älteren Schichten einer h...
Place-name semantics have been discussed in many ways. In this article the author discusses the reas...
It is well-known that place-names reflect the circumstances existing in the time of name-giving, and...
Naming the places of the world is an essential human act of territorialization. As the subject of co...
Geographische Namen können als ‘verdichtete Erzählungen’ über das geographische Objekt, das sie beze...
Österreich hat eine große topographische Vielfalt. Dafür gibt es unzählige Landschafts- und Gebietsn...
Landscape terms reflect the relationship between geographic reality and human cognition. Are ‘mounta...
The author emphasizes that geonames are not a recent field pf research among German geographers. How...
The article discusses some place-names. These are the names of fortifications owned by vassals durin...
Landscape terms reflect the relationship between geographic reality and human cognition. Are ‘mounta...
Social and textual dissemination of geographical names as well as their regular use and their assess...
Ma recherche a conduit à l’élaboration d’une ontologie contenant des entités géographiques et leurs ...
Theory and empirical findings in the research of place-name use. A summary of a habilitation dissert...
Place-names (toponyms) are at the intersection of spatial language, culture, and cognition. This que...
A chosen place-name policy (or the lack of such a policy) might affect the existing place-name stock...
This article is the attempt of answering the question: "What do geographical names "tell" about thei...
Place-name semantics have been discussed in many ways. In this article the author discusses the reas...
It is well-known that place-names reflect the circumstances existing in the time of name-giving, and...
Naming the places of the world is an essential human act of territorialization. As the subject of co...
Geographische Namen können als ‘verdichtete Erzählungen’ über das geographische Objekt, das sie beze...
Österreich hat eine große topographische Vielfalt. Dafür gibt es unzählige Landschafts- und Gebietsn...
Landscape terms reflect the relationship between geographic reality and human cognition. Are ‘mounta...
The author emphasizes that geonames are not a recent field pf research among German geographers. How...
The article discusses some place-names. These are the names of fortifications owned by vassals durin...
Landscape terms reflect the relationship between geographic reality and human cognition. Are ‘mounta...
Social and textual dissemination of geographical names as well as their regular use and their assess...
Ma recherche a conduit à l’élaboration d’une ontologie contenant des entités géographiques et leurs ...
Theory and empirical findings in the research of place-name use. A summary of a habilitation dissert...
Place-names (toponyms) are at the intersection of spatial language, culture, and cognition. This que...
A chosen place-name policy (or the lack of such a policy) might affect the existing place-name stock...
This article is the attempt of answering the question: "What do geographical names "tell" about thei...
Place-name semantics have been discussed in many ways. In this article the author discusses the reas...
It is well-known that place-names reflect the circumstances existing in the time of name-giving, and...
Naming the places of the world is an essential human act of territorialization. As the subject of co...