Motivations for naming: The development of a toponymic typology for Australian placenames

Names

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 67-89

  Tent, Jan ^a   Blair, David ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian national placenames; Australian placenames; Introduced toponyms; Motivation; Placename typology; Taxonomy; Toponym specifics

Indexed keywords

PLACE NAME; TAXONOMY; TOPONYMY; TYPOLOGY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 79958749285     PISSN: 00277738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/002777311X12976826704000     Document Type: Article

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