[Ads-l] Antedating of "Demonym"

[mr_peter_morris@outlook.com]

https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Papers_in_linguistics_from_the_1972_Conf/wpT2EAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=demonym&pg=PA58&printsec=frontcover

Papers in Linguistics from the 1972 Conference on Iroquoian Research


"toponyms (= place names in general, including what I will call demonyms
= settlement names) "
bottom of page 51.

the paper uses the word several times.


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From "ADSGarson O'Toole" 
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Date 11/06/2025 05:11:13
Subject Re: Antedating of "Demonym"

>Fred Shapiro wrote:
>>  Yes, I wondered about the timing of the letter from Scheetz to Dickson.  Maybe I should contact Dickson about that.
>
>That's a great idea. Maybe Paul Dickson still has the letter from
>Scheetz filed away somewhere.
>Garson
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