28.655, Calls: Gen Ling, Philosophy of Lang, Socioling/Namibia

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Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2017 16:00:11
From: Chrismi-Rinda Loth [kongresetfb at ufs.ac.za]
Subject: 2017 International Symposium on Place Names

 
Full Title: 2017 International Symposium on Place Names 
Short Title: ISPN 2017 

Date: 18-Sep-2017 - 20-Sep-2017
Location: Windhoek, Namibia 
Contact Person: Chrismi Loth
Meeting Email: kongresETFB at ufs.ac.za
Web Site: http://www.ufs.ac.za/conferences/conference/2017-international-symposium-on-place-names 

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics; Philosophy of Language; Sociolinguistics 

Call Deadline: 17-Apr-2017 

Meeting Description:

Critical toponymy: Place names in political, historical and commercial
landscapes

The Joint IGU/ICA Commission on Toponymy, the Unit for Language Facilitation
and Empowerment at the University of the Free State (UFS), and the Department
of Language and Literature Studies at the University of Namibia (UNAM)
cordially invite proposals for the next bi-annual international symposium on
place names.

The advent of critical theory in humanities and social sciences is reflected
in the rise of critical toponymy. This approach explores the social, cultural,
economic, political, and etymological origins of place names, and also
considers how their meaning(s) change over time. As such, the landscape
emerging from old and new place names can be constructed through physical,
historical, or commercial evidence.

Such a method is possible because place names serve as historical records.
They reflect the (changeable) geographical characteristics of a specific
place, which includes the vegetation and animal life. Significant events and
people are remembered via place naming. Even structures of social
organisation, including political regimes and commercial enterprises, motivate
the choice of names. As such, place names are also forms of (shared) cultural
and linguistic heritage.

Place names are therefore important symbolic markers in reserving or changing
cultural identities, and in marking or facilitating socio-political changes
and relations. This role cannot be understood without thoroughly exploring the
origin and meanings of place names.


2nd Call for Papers:

Potential subtopics:

Abstracts (300-500 words) are submitted on-line on the conference page
(http://www.ufs.ac.za/conferences/conference/2017-international-symposium-on-p
lace-names/2017-international-symposium-on-place-names/online-abstract-submiss
ion-form) in the following (but not limited to) categories of research:

- Administrative dimensions of place names
- Commercial and/or economic dimensions of place names
- Cultural dimensions of place names
- Historical and/or commemorative dimensions of place names
- Linguistic dimensions of place names
- Physical dimensions of place names
- Political dimensions of place names
- Etymology of place names
- Place name changes




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