36.2655, FYI: Onomastics Online: Croatian exonyms: the use, projects, publications - Ivana Crljenko

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Subject: 36.2655, FYI: Onomastics Online: Croatian exonyms: the use, projects, publications - Ivana Crljenko

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Date: 05-Sep-2025
From: Chrismi Loth [LothC at ufs.ac.za]
Subject: Onomastics Online: Croatian exonyms: the use, projects, publications - Ivana Crljenko


It is our pleasure to invite you to the next Onomastics Online lecture
(International Council of Onomastic Sciences):
Onomastics Online
9 October 2025
17:00-18:00 (UTC+2)
Microsoft Teams
Speaker: Ivana Crljenko (University of Zadar, Croatia)
Moderator: Peter Jordan (Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria /
University of the Free State, South Africa)
Topic: Croatian Exonums: The Use, Projects, Publications
Preregistration (free) required:
https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/3b07353a-d5d6-4d3d-9003-7ba4df0f6dc6@8efc1bb9-b90f-4a48-bf6c-ba0686193b80
-       Upon registration you will receive an email with the link.
-       The system will also circulate a reminder with the link an
hour before the event.
Abstract:
In Croatia, exonyms have long been used in literature, scholarly
publications, maps, and everyday communication. Despite that, until
recently, their writing and use were not addressed systematically and
comprehensively. There were only very general orthographic rules for
writing individual types of exonyms. The result was uneven writing and
use on maps and in school textbooks, which was then transferred to the
media and the public. However, in the past twelve years, the first
steps in this field have been taken. Within the framework of two
projects, exonyms that occur in the oldest and some new sources were
listed, recommendations for writing individual exonyms were given, a
comparison of the exonymization process in the Croatian and Slovenian
languages was made, and manuals and papers on the subject were
published. A national Commission for Standardization of Geographical
Names was established. Despite all this, exonyms have not yet been
standardized, so inconsistencies continue to appear. The
Slovenian-Croatian project that should draw up guidelines for the
standardization of exonyms and recommend standardized exonyms in
Croatia is currently in the process of evaluation. The lecture will
briefly describe the problems of writing and use, as well as the
activities and publications related to exonyms.
Keywords: Exonyms, use of exonyms, Croatia, projects, publications.
ICOS policy on privacy:
https://icosweb.net/membership/icos-personal-data-protection-policy/.
Queries can be directed to the facilitator at LothC at ufs.ac.za.

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics
                     General Linguistics
                     Lexicography
                     Writing Systems

Subject Language(s): Croatian (hrv)
                     Slovenian (slv)




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