ICA course on Toponymy

The content of this module is based on teaching materials prepared by B. Helleland and F. Ormeling. These teaching materials are made available in the "documents" section.

The module contains the following chapters:

Introduction
Chapter 1: Names as carriers of meaning
Chapter 2: Names as carriers of linguistic change
Chapter 3: Names as carriers of images
Chapter 4: Naming habits and changing attitudes to names
Chapter 5: Names in colonisation-names as claims or mementos
Chapter 6: Names as a living museum
Chapter 7: Threats to cultural heritage aspects

When reading through the following pages, you will come across some unusual terms. These terms are hyperlinked to the UNGEGN Glossary of Terminology (pdf). Behind each term a number (#) is given that corresponds to the numbering applied in this glossary, e.g. toponymy (#344).

For exercises and documents (and literature) on this topic see respectively the "Exercises" and/or the "Documents" section of this module.

The complete module can be downloaded here.