26.1153, Calls: General Linguistics/South Africa

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LINGUIST List: Vol-26-1153. Sun Mar 01 2015. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 26.1153, Calls: General Linguistics/South Africa

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Date: Sun, 01 Mar 2015 20:55:20
From: Jani de Lange [kongresetfb at ufs.ac.za]
Subject: 2015 International Symposium on Place Names

 
Full Title: 2015 International Symposium on Place Names 
Short Title: ISPN 

Date: 17-Sep-2015 - 18-Sep-2015
Location: Clarens, Free State province, South Africa 
Contact Person: Jani de Lange
Meeting Email: kongresetfb at ufs.ac.za
Web Site: http://conferences.ufs.ac.za/default.aspx?DCode=732 

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics 

Call Deadline: 14-Aug-2015 

Meeting Description:

Spaces obtain meaning because of the role they play in human events or conceptualisations of the world. The descriptions and interpretations of these spaces are intertwined with human objectives and values. These could be determined by prevalent ideologies, whether political, social or cultural. As such, names are artefacts of social, political, cultural and demographic discourses. They importantly also serve as a reflection of identity, both cultural and collective, thereby denoting a range of diversities

Given that society is dynamic and the accompanying determining factors are also in flux, names are sometimes changed to reflect new realities. In other instances they are left unchanged. Nevertheless, toponymic landscapes generally capture to a lesser or greater extent the diversity of their context and also largely relate strongly to the heritage of name givers. For many people changes in place names have a bearing on these aspects. One therefore often finds that orchestrated place name changes become an instrument of legitimation for one section of a society and are therefore being contested by another section of the society. This prompts questions about the management of place names in diverse societies and the role of heritage associated with place names.

This symposium follows on the very recent one held in Rome, Italy (17 – 18 November 2014); and will follow shortly on the ones in Moscow and Rio de Janeiro, both in August 2015. It seeks to specifically investigate the relation between place names, diversity and heritage.

Call for Papers:
	
This is simply a list of suggestions; papers relating to place names of any kind are welcomed:

- Functions of place names on maps
- Rendering of place names on maps
- Names placement on maps
- Principles for creating new place names
- Place names as expression of time- or space-related identity
- Place name/feature relations
- Motives for place naming
- Place names and administration
- Place names and transportation
- Place names in the cyber world
- Social dimensions of place names
- Historical dimension of place names
- Authenticity and place names
- Place names management
- Place names, multilingualism and language visibility
- Principles for solving place-name conflicts




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