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Place-name Semantics

Place-Name Semantics is a theoretical construct within onomastics that systematically investigates the meaning-bearing elements and signification processes in toponyms, distinguishing itself by focusing on the linguistic and cognitive interpretation of place-name components in relation to geographical, cultural, and historical contexts.

79

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3.9K

Citations

119

Authors

56

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

6

Variants

Toponymic Semantics

Parents

Publications

79

Social Sensing: A New Approach to Understanding Our Socioeconomic Environments

Yu Liu, Xi Liu, Song Gao et al. · Annals of the Association of American Geographers · 2015 · 791 citations

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Exploring place through user-generated content: Using Flickr to describe city cores

Ross S. Purves, Livia Hollenstein · Journal of Spatial Information Science · 2010 · 328 citations · Full text

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<b>A grammar of Upriver Halkomelem</b> . By Brent D. Galloway (University of California publications in linguistics, 96.) Berkeley: University of California Press, 1993. Pp. xix, 663. Paper $70.00.

Michael Darnell · Language · 1994 · 177 citations

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Exploring place through user-generated content: Using Flickr tags to describe city cores

DigitalCommons (California Polytechnic State University) · 2012 · 151 citations · Full text

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What's in a Name? Place Branding and Toponymic Commodification

Dominic Medway, Gary Warnaby · Environment and Planning A Economy and Space · 2014 · 138 citations · Full text

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Authors

119

  1. JN
    Joshua Nash

    The University of Adelaide, Australia

    4 publications · 66 citations

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  2. GR
    George R. Stewart

    University College London, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 98 citations

    3

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  3. EE
    Eilert Ekwall

    Universidad de Londres, Mexico

    3 publications · 255 citations

    3

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  4. RE
    R. E. Zachrisson

    Uppsala University, Sweden

    3 publications · 40 citations

    3

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  5. JT
    Jan Tent

    Macquarie University, Australia

    2 publications · 36 citations

    2

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Institutions

56

  1. The University of Adelaide

    Adelaide, Australia

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    66 citations

  2. University of Bremen

    Bremen, Germany

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    106 citations

  3. University of Zurich

    Zurich, Switzerland

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    728 citations

  4. The University of Melbourne

    Melbourne, Australia

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    294 citations

  5. Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics

    Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    50 citations

  6. Max Planck Society

    Munich, Germany

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    50 citations

  7. Arizona State University

    Tempe, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    44 citations

  8. University of Manchester

    Manchester, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    276 citations

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Venues

  1. Names

    6 publications · 117 citations

    6

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  2. Studia Neophilologica

    6 publications · 80 citations

    6

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  3. The Modern Language Review

    3 publications · 174 citations

    3

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  4. Geographical Journal

    3 publications · 153 citations

    3

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  5. Language Sciences

    2 publications · 63 citations

    2

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