Francesco Perono Cacciafoco (C Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Francesco Cavallaro (Singapore Nanyang Technological University)

Broschiertes Buch

Place Names

Beschreibung

Illustrated with numerous case studies, this book provides the first comprehensive overview of toponymy and toponomastics â the studies of place names and proper names. Wide-ranging yet accessible, it is essential reading for researchers and students in historical linguistics, etymology, sociolinguistics, anthropology, sociology, and geography.

Autor

Francesco Perono Cacciafoco is an associate professor in linguistics at Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University. Before joining XJTLU, he was a senior lecturer in historical linguistics at Nanyang Technological University. He works on the etymology of Indo-European place names, on the study of Aegean scripts, on cryptography, on language deciphering, and on language documentation.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 324
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. März 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 478g
• ISBN-13: 9781108748247
• ISBN-10: 1108748244
• Artikelnr.: 64698463