Place-Name Politics in Multilingual Areas: A Comparative Study of Southern Carinthia (Austria) and the Těšín/Cieszyn Region (Czechia) (1st ed. 2021) (Palgrave Studies in Minority Languages and Communities)

By: Peter Jordan and Přemysl Mácha and Marika Balode and Luděk Krtička and Uršula Obrusník and Pavel Pilch and Alexis Sancho Reinoso

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Synopsis: 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.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9783030694883
Related ISBNs:: 9783030694876
Publisher:: Springer International Publishing
Date of Addition:: 09/01/21
Copyrighted By:: The Editor
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Language Arts, Earth Sciences, Politics and Government
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.