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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"toponymy"”.
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Climate change, technology, and toponymy in the cultural landscape of Nunavut
… between climate change, technology, and toponymy (place-naming) among the Inuit of Nunavut so as to propose a richer kinship between the arctic landscape and the Inuit. Since prehistoric times, Inuit place naming has recognized natural flows in culturally significant sites. However, sea …
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A CASE STUDY IN TOPONYMY: SAMPLING AND CLASSIFYING A TRI-LINGUAL PLACE NAME INVENTORY FOUND IN THE NORTH-CENTRAL STATE OF NEW MEXICO
… analyze them were developed from literature on toponymy, the study of place names. This study offers an analysis of the place names of the three socio-linguistic groups by classifying the names using a typology initially developed by the toponymist George R. Stewart but modified for use by this …
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The significance of space and setting : a critical analysis of selected South African fiction
… replaced Sophiatown; the unilaterally decided toponymy of South African towns and cities with the belated African-inspired toponymy that came along with Bantustans; the ninety-nine year leasehold introduced when the four-roomed houses started being sold to Africans; the hardships brought about …
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Transnational Memory of the Atlantic Slave Trade Today: Modes of Remembering in Three Lusophone Nations
… capoeira practice in Brazil, and the urban toponymy in Lisbon (the capital city of Portugal). The double structure of the palimpsest presented by Sarah Dillon (2005) will be used for this analysis. The following three modes of remembering are analyzed and discussed from a transnational …
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The Citadel of Cairo, 1176-1341 : reconstructing architecture from texts
… period, and secondarily surface archeology, toponymy, and typological comparisons with extant Bahri Mamluk palaces in Cairo. Through the reconstruction of the Citadel, the study addresses a number of wider methodological and historical issues. It evaluates the influence of the Mamluk …
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Ritual and myths between Ireland and Galicia. The Irish Milesian myth in the Leabhar Gabhála Éireann: Over the Ninth Wave. Origins, contacts and literary evidence.
… accuracy. I will also analyse some of Galician toponymy, which have no meaning in any Latin-based languages, and I will compare it to the Irish/Gaelic. Secondly, contemporary written material will be analysed, namely, a poem by the contemporary Galician poet Luz Pozo Garza, as translated by …
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La Tavola Ritonda tra intrattenimento ed enciclopedismo
… the large number of proverbs, a different use of toponymy influenced by the Italian geography. The countless hints to the medieval lyric poetry and to the philosophical, scientific and religious production are as many ways to transform the myth of Tristan and Iseult in a sort of encyclopaedia, …
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Scandinavian place-names in Northern Britain as evidence for language contact and interaction
… the language and, more specifically, the toponymy in regions of secondary settlement such as the North-West of England, the South-West of Scotland and the Isle of Man. The subsequent chapters examine four different types of place-name formation which are found chiefly in these secondary …
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Toponímia da vila de Porto de Mós : (1880-2015) : ecos de memória
A investigação insere-se no Mestrado em Estudos do Património, da Universidade Aberta, visando a origem, significado e memórias da vila de Porto de Mós, através da análise da sua toponímia no período que medeia os anos de 1880 a 2015. O vasto período em estudo requereu uma demarcação das datas …
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Os castros marcuenses : o povoamento proto-histórico : património da paisagem milenar
A zona geográfica circunscrita que abrange este trabalho de investigação encontra-se exígua de pesquisa e trabalhos arqueológicos, sendo no entanto reconhecida como uma zona enxameada de vestígios. Um imenso património por descobrir. Ambiciona-se, por isso clarificar a ocupação, no que respeita ao …
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Analisi diacronica, pedogeochimica ed etnopedologica per lo studio dell’evoluzione storico-territoriale e delle condizioni attuali dei suoli e del paesaggio. La fascia costiera dell’Ambito di Paesaggio “Golfo di Oristano”(Sardegna centro-occidentale)
This research aims to show a possible integrated approach to the study of the coastal zone of the Gulf of Oristano, characterized by a complex and delicate environmental system and a production context historically significant in terms of agriculture. The purpose is to propose a tool for knowledge …