Spatial Focus or Onomastic Focus? An Unsolved Problem in Digital Onomastics
As with other research, an important part of place-name research is how to localize one’s object of study. Traditionally, place-name localization has been indirect, stated in relation to in which administrative unit the place name was situated. With the so-called spatial turn, geolocation and place-...
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| description | As with other research, an important part of place-name research is how to localize one’s object of study. Traditionally, place-name localization has been indirect, stated in relation to in which administrative unit the place name was situated. With the so-called spatial turn, geolocation and place-name geodata have started to play an even more significant role in digital onomastics.
A tacit premise of geolocation is that it is feature oriented, regardless of whether it is point, multi-point, line or polygon oriented. This is principally at odds with the nature of place names, which have an in-built multi-referentiality. No one has focused on this theoretical problem so far, although, to the advanced user of geolocation-oriented digital onomastics, this is a constantly recurring problem.
The present paper explores this problem and proposes a solution to it by introducing the notion of the Unique Place-Name Concept to geolocated place-name databases. This addition will have the added bonus of enabling quick comparisons among multiple features with the same name origin and thus strengthening place-name standardization, making it easier to utilize geodata onomastically, and preventing the doubling of data, among other benefits. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1598082025-05-19T09:05:24Z Spatial Focus or Onomastic Focus? An Unsolved Problem in Digital Onomastics Peder, Gammeltoft digital onomastics place-name databases conceptual modelling name-centric model thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics As with other research, an important part of place-name research is how to localize one’s object of study. Traditionally, place-name localization has been indirect, stated in relation to in which administrative unit the place name was situated. With the so-called spatial turn, geolocation and place-name geodata have started to play an even more significant role in digital onomastics. A tacit premise of geolocation is that it is feature oriented, regardless of whether it is point, multi-point, line or polygon oriented. This is principally at odds with the nature of place names, which have an in-built multi-referentiality. No one has focused on this theoretical problem so far, although, to the advanced user of geolocation-oriented digital onomastics, this is a constantly recurring problem. The present paper explores this problem and proposes a solution to it by introducing the notion of the Unique Place-Name Concept to geolocated place-name databases. This addition will have the added bonus of enabling quick comparisons among multiple features with the same name origin and thus strengthening place-name standardization, making it easier to utilize geodata onomastically, and preventing the doubling of data, among other benefits. Published 2025-05-19T09:05:22Z 2025-05-19T09:05:22Z 2023-12-21 chapter 9788323375012 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/159808 eng image/jpeg Attribution 4.0 International https://wuj.pl/ksiazka/onomastics-in-interaction-with-other-branches-of-science-volume-1#otwarty-dostep https://wuj.pl/spatial-focus-or-onomastic-focus-an-unsolved-problem-in-digital-onomastics Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego Onomastics in Interaction With Other Branches of Science. Volume 1. Keynote Lectures. Toponomastics 10.4467/K7501.45/22.23.18056 10.4467/K7501.45/22.23.18056 b56389e6-bd6e-43b9-abc7-9af91c5afc6b 7de802a3-610e-4023-bb20-ff814f7c94c9 9788323375012 157-175 open access |
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