ISBN:
9783030694876
,
3030694879
Language:
English
Pages:
xxv, 616 Seiten
,
Illustrationen, Karten
,
22 cm
Series Statement:
Palgrave studies in minority languages and communities
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Jordan, Peter Place-Name Politics in Multilingual Areas
DDC:
306.446094
Keywords:
Multilingualism
;
Bilingualism
;
Names, Geographical
;
Bilingualism
;
Multilingualism
;
Names, Geographical
;
Europe
;
Österreich
;
Tschechien
;
Teschen
;
Mehrsprachigkeit
;
Zweisprachigkeit
;
Geografischer Name
;
Sprachpolitik
Abstract:
Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: The Wider Onomastic Scope of the Research Topic -- Chapter 3: The Challenges of Studying Place-Name Politics in Multilingual Areas -- Chapter 4: Linguistic Minorities in Austria and Czechia: Historical, Political, and Cultural Contexts -- Chapter 5: The Two Minority Situations Compared -- Chapter 6: Research Results -- Chapter 7: Comparative Interpretation of Research Results -- Chapter 8: Conclusions.
Abstract:
This book explores the role of place names in the formation and maintenance of individual and group identities in multilingual and multi-ethnic situations. Using examples from Austria and Czechia as case studies, the authors examine the power of place names through an interdisciplinary and multi-methods approach that draws from the fields of anthropology, geography, sociolinguistics and toponomastics. The book contextualises both places within their social and political histories, and probes recent debates in the social sciences relating to place names, identity and power. It will be of interest to scholars and students focusing on place names and naming practices, minority communities and languages, and linguistic landscapes
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-030-69488-3
