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Abstract
This book explores international trends in naming and contributes to the growing field of onomastic enquiry. Naming practices are viewed here through a critical lens, demonstrating a high level of political and social engagement in relation to how we name people and places. The contributors to this publication examine why names are not only symbols of a person or place, but also manifestations of cultural, linguistic and social heritage in their own right. Presenting analyses of geographically and culturally diverse perspectives and case studies, the book investigates how names can represent deeper kinds of identity, act as objects of attachment and dependence, and reflect community mores and social customs while functioning as powerful mechanisms of inclusion and exclusion. The book will be of interest to researchers in onomastics, sociology, human geography, linguistics and history.
Names and Naming: People, Places, Perceptions and Power is a great addition to the ‘critical turn’ in naming studies. Guy Puzey and Laura Kostanski have brought together an excellent group of scholars to produce a diverse range of empirically rich and critically aware case studies of the politics of naming. This is an important book for anyone who wants to learn about the latest developments in socially engaged and critical approaches to onomastics.
This book is a welcome addition to the expanding field of onomastics. It joins the likes of Hough’s (2016) edited volume to present a wealth of studies that would broaden our understanding of how naming practices affect people, places and of what images and attitudes their names conjure up. In fact, this book shares seven contributors with Hough’s volume. The interdisciplinary nature of the field of onomastics makes this book a treasure for post-graduate students and researchers in cultural studies, historical linguistics, human geography and planning, lexicology, sociolinguistics, sociology, and urbanization.
Paula Prescod, Université de Picardie Jules Verne, France
Guy Puzey is Lecturer in Scandinavian Studies at the University of Edinburgh, UK. His research interests include language policy, linguistic landscapes and geosemiotics, critical sociolinguistics and toponomastics, particularly in the contexts of Scotland and the Nordic countries.
Laura Kostanski is Director at Geonaming Solutions Pty Ltd & Address Exchange Pty Ltd, and is based in Australia. Her research interests include toponymy, human geography, geospatial systems, crowd sourcing, government policy and Indigenous cultural heritage.
This volume forms an extraordinary contribution that clearly illuminates the relevance of critical onomastics. It has the ability to inspire scholars to conduct politically aware and socially engaged onomastic research. The volume deserves to be read by everyone interested in the roles of names and naming.
Emilia Aldrin, Halmstad University, Sweden
I have been working with place names for many years but the articles in this publication have continued my education of the role that names of all varieties play in helping us to find our place. This is not only in a spatial sense, but in cultural and personal aspects I had not previously considered. These papers allowed me to see this and I commend all for the work that has been undertaken in the investigation and preparation of the insights presented.
This book describes very well the socio-linguistic diversity in each country, and it is also possible to see some similitude, such as the struggle of minority languages against hegemonies. It is without a doubt a promising field.
Marc-Alexandre Beaulieu, Leiden University, Netherlands
This volume makes a key contribution to the rapidly-expanding field of critical onomastics, presenting new insights into the symbolic value of names in human society. Case studies from different parts of the world highlight the role of names as powerful symbols of identity, particularly in areas of language contact or conflict. The essays are both scholarly and accessible, and deserve to be widely read.
This volume covers a variety of pressing themes in naming studies. Due to the
interdisciplinary nature of the field of onomastics and the critical approach advocated
by the contributors, the book is also particularly valuable for scholars in pragmatics,
human geography, and sociology.
Johanna Warm, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contents | vii | ||
| Contributors | ix | ||
| Acknowledgements | xii | ||
| Trends in Onomastics: An Introduction | xiii | ||
| Laura Kostanski and Guy Puzey | xiii | ||
| Part 1: The Varied Identities of People and Places | 1 | ||
| 1 Internet Personal Naming Practices and Trends in Scholarly Approaches | 3 | ||
| Katarzyna Aleksiejuk | 3 | ||
| 2 Visitor Experiences of Aboriginal Place Names in Colonial Victoria, Australia, 1834–1900 | 18 | ||
| Ian D. Clark | 18 | ||
| 3 Introduced Personal Names for Australian Aborigines: Adaptations to an Exotic Anthroponymy | 32 | ||
| Michael Walsh | 32 | ||
| 4\tPersonal Naming and Community Practices in the Western Isles of Scotland: Putting Names in the ‘Gaelic Sense’ | 47 | ||
| Ellen S. Bramwell | 47 | ||
| 5\tSigns of/on Power, Power on/of Signs: Language-Based Tourism, Linguistic Landscapes and Onomastics on Norfolk Island | 62 | ||
| Peter Mühlhäusler and Joshua Nash | 62 | ||
| Part 2: Attitudes and Attachment | 81 | ||
| 6\tThe Controversy of Restoring Indigenous Names: Lessons Learnt and Strategies for Success | 83 | ||
| Laura Kostanski | 83 | ||
| 7\tAttitudes to Street Names in Helsinki | 106 | ||
| Terhi Ainiala | 106 | ||
| 8\tLinguistic Landscape and Inhabitants’ Attitudes to Place Names in Multicultural Oslo | 120 | ||
| Maimu Berezkina | 120 | ||
| 9\tAttitudes to Scots: Insights from the Toponymicon | 137 | ||
| Maggie Scott | 137 | ||
| 10\tSlang Toponyms in Hungary: A Survey of Attitudes Among Language Users | 153 | ||
| Erzsébet Gyorffy | 153 | ||
| Part 3: Power, Resistance and Control | 163 | ||
| 11\tRenaming as Counter-Hegemony: The Cases of Noreg and Padania | 165 | ||
| Guy Puzey | 165 | ||
| 12\tNaming Parks, Footpaths and Small Bridges in a Multicultural Suburban Area | 185 | ||
| Staffan Nyström | 185 | ||
| 13\tPersonal Names in Language Policy and Planning: Who Plans What Names, for Whom and How? | 197 | ||
| Justyna B. Walkowiak | 197 | ||
| 14\tIs the Official Use of Names in Norway Determined by the Place-Names Act or by Attitudes? | 213 | ||
| Aud-Kirsti Pedersen | 213 | ||
| 15\tThe Power of Administration in the Official Recognition of Indigenous Place Names in the Nordic Countries | 229 | ||
| Kaisa Rautio Helander | 229 | ||
| Index | 250 |