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Standardisation and the Wealth of Place Names – Aspects of a Delicate Relationship is a selection of double-blind peer-reviewed papers from the 6th International Symposium on Place Names that took place virtually 29 September – 1 October 2021. The symposium explored the issues of multiple place names vis-à-vis processes of standardisation. These studies collectively show that there is not a simplistic dichotomy between standardisation and the protection of cultural heritage. Some papers grapple with the implications and execution of standardisation processes, while others explore the emergence of alternative or unofficial names in response to top-down initiatives. The matter of signed place names also receives some attention. A number of papers excavate the layers of multiple place names, thereby contributing to our ‘wealth’ of toponymic knowledge. These proceedings are the product of collaboration between Southern African and international researchers. As such, it is a valuable resource to local as well as international scholars who are interested in the interdisciplinary field of toponymy.
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Standardisation and the Wealth of Place Names Aspects of a Delicate Relationship
Conference Proceedings
PROCEEDINGS OF THE 6TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON PLACE NAMES 2021
Vîrtual event, 29 September – 1 October 2021
EDïTOR Chrîsmî-Rînda Loth
Standardisation and the Wealth of Place Names
Aspects of a Delicate Relationship
Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Place Names 2021 Jointly organised by the Joint IGU/ICS Commission on Toponymy and the UFS
Virtual event, 29 September – 1 October 2021
ChrismiRinda Loth EDITOR
Standardisation and the Wealth of Place Names — Aspects of a Delicate Relationship
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ISBN 978-1-928424-96-3 (Print) ISBN 978-1-928424-97-0 (Online) DOI: https://doi.org/10.18820/9781928424970
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PEER REVIEW
Abstracts submitted to the symposium was each judged independently by two members of the symposium’s scientiic committee (comprised of experts in the ield) with regards to relevance to the symposium’s theme, scientiic rigor, originality and contribution to the subject ield. Authors whose abstracts were accepted after the stage one review process were included in the conference presentation programme. Authors who wished to do so submitted their full papers for the conference proceedings. The Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Place Names 2021 involved a rigorous double-blind peer review process of the full papers. The review panel comprised of ten national and international experts on the subject matter, i.e., place names. Based on the outcome of the peer review process, papers for the proceedings were selected based on the following criteria:
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Whether or not the paper disseminates original research
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Quality of organisation and writing
The rigorous double-blind peer review process by the scientiic review panel provided valuable comments and constructive criticism. Authors whose papers were accepted were provided with the anonymous reviewers’ comments and requested to submit their revised papers. Provided that all comments were appropriately responded to, the inal papers were included in the conference proceedings (ISBN: 978-1-928424-96-3). The members of the peer review panel were involved not in the review of their own authored or co-authored papers. The role of the Editor was to ensure that the inal papers incorporated the reviewers’ comments, that the papers fully comply to academic standards, and to arrange the papers into the inal order as captured in the table of contents.
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Prof Theodorus du Plessis (University of the Free State, RSA)
Prof Peter E Raper (University of the Free State, RSA)
Dr Boga Manatsha (University of Botswana, Botswana)
Dr Thabo Martins (National University of Lesotho, Lesotho)
Dr Petrus Angula Mbenzi (University of Namibia, Namibia)
Dr Lucie A Möller (University of the Free State, RSA)
Dr Sambulo Ndlovu (Great Zimbabwe University, Zimbabwe)
Joint IGU/ICA Commission on Toponymy:
Common Vice-Chair:Prof Paulo Márcio Leal de Menezes (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
ICA Chair:Prof Peter Jordan (Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria / University of the Free State, RSA)
IGU Chair:Prof Cosimo Palagiano (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy)
CONTENTS
PEER REVIEW ..........................................................................................................
FOREWORD ...............................................................................................................
KEYNOTE ADDRESS: RECONCILING THE SAFEGUARDING AND THE STANDARDISATION OF GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ..................................... Pierre Jaillard
STANDARDISATION OF EXONYMS .................................................................. Peter Jordan
COLONIAL TOPONYMS IN GERMAN GUIDEBOOKS FOR TANZANIAMarie Antoinette Rieger
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DUELLING NAMING SYSTEMS? OFFICIAL AND UNOFFICIAL NAMING SYSTEMS IN CHITUNGWIZA, ZIMBABWE .................................................... 53 Zvinashe Mamvura
SOCIOPOLITICAL DYNAMICS AND CREATIVITY IN LANGUAGE: PLACE NAMING AMONG THE BASOTHO ..................................................................... 73 Palesa Mabohlokoa Khotso Khanyetsi
THE USE OF MULTILINGUAL PLACE NAMES IN VOJVODINA,SERBIA ......................................................................................................................... János Jeney
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LINGUISTIC FOSSILS IN THE STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL ... 105 Paulo Márcio Leal de Menezes, Manoel do Couto Fernandes, Kairo da Silva Santos, Júlia Vellasquez Janeiro, Victor Gabriel da Silva Dantas & Gabriela Calafate Ferreira
THE LEGAL RECOGNITION OF SIGNED LANGUAGES AND SIGNEDPLACE NAMES AROUND THE WORLD: A NAMEPLANNING PERSPECTIVE ........................................................................................................... 127 Jani de Lange & Theodorus du Plessis
FINDING PLACE NAMES: IMPROVING THE DIGITAL DOCUMENTATION AND ACCESSIBILITY OF SASL PLACE NAMES ............................................ 147 Chrismi-Rinda Loth, Gideon Kotzé & Jani de Lange
TOPONYMIC TWINS: POLYONYMY IN CROATIA ....................................... 167 Ivana Crljenko & Josip Faričić
THE HISTORY OF NAMING AND THE NAMING OF HISTORY: TOPONYMIC PLURALITY IN MESOAMERICAN HISTORICAL LANDSCAPES ............ 191 Kathryn M Hudson & John S Henderson
EAST AFRICA IN CHINESE MEDIEVAL SOURCES ...................................... 207 Vladimír Liščák
INDEX ........................................................................................................................... 217
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FOREWORD
th The 6 International Symposium on Place Names (ISPN) was held as a virtual event 29 September – 1 October 2021. It was jointly hosted by the Joint IGU/ICA Commission on Toponymy and the Department of South African Sign Language and Deaf Studies (incorporating the Unit for Language Facilitation and Empowerment) at the University of the Free State, South Africa. These Proceedings are a selection of double-blind peer-reviewed papers from the symposium. Together with the ISPN Organising Committee, I sincerely thank all the reviewers for their invaluable input.
The theme of the symposium was “Standardisation and the wealth of place names – aspects of a delicate relationship”. Topographic features, both natural and human made, are often known by multiple names simultaneously, including oficial, conventionalised, informal, and other alternative names. On a practical level place names serve as points of reference. Beyond that, place naming is a process of claiming spaces and proclaiming or imposing identity. Viewing place names as linguistic and cultural heritage artefacts, we need to consider what it means to document and use these alternative names. Not only are we interested in how these names come into being, but also in the roles they perform in social dynamics.
With this theme ISPN 2021 intended to address the balance between the standardisation, which implies choosing one or some place names over others, and the occurrence of multiple place names, which is tied in with heritage and cultural identity. The papers in this collection explore aspects of this ‘delicate relationship’, with the multiplicity of place names receiving particular attention. Exploring the symbolic and ideological roles of (multiple) place names remains important. However, as Prof Peter Jordan pointed out in his closing speech, standardisation is useful in administrative and educational contexts – therefore continued critical engagement around “standardising for whom and to what end” is necessary. In this publication, the range of research sites (Southern Africa, South
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