Abstract

A functional and systematic typology of toponyms is an essential instrument for the toponymist wishing to investigate the naming practices and patterns of a region. To this end, the Australian National Placenames Survey developed a toponym typology for Australia (Tent & Blair 2011). This was characterized as a ‘typology of motivations for naming’. Although various researchers have used this typology with seeming success, further application of the typology to the Survey’s database of toponyms has revealed the need for a re-evaluation of the naming process. This occasioned a modification of some toponym categories generating a revised typology which can be considered a ‘typology of expressions of the naming intention’.

Highlights

  • Continued application of the typology to toponyms in the Australian context since its original formulation in 2009 has resulted in the perceived need to revise two aspects of the schema: the understanding of its basis in the naming process, and the set of categories which characterize that process

  • Uncertainty about whether the typology was about motivations in name bestowal, or whether the taxonomic display showed methods or mechanisms for naming, has been resolved by the understanding that the motivation leads to a particular intention being realized by a particular expression

  • The continued application of the categories to placenames within the Australian context has required refinement of those categories as new expressions of the naming intent have become apparent

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Summary

A Revised Typology of Place-Naming

ISSN: 0027-7738 (print) 1756-2279 (web) ans-names.pitt.edu Vol 69, Issue 4, Winter 2021. This journal is published by the University Library System of the University of Pittsburgh

Structures 3 Occurrent
Form confusion
INNOVATION
Functional
Aptness
Conclusion
Notes on Contributors
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