An integrated approach to germanic place names in the american midwest
Place names represent an established topic in sociocultural and critical scholarship on human space and place. Based on a comprehensive data set of Germanic names in the American Midwest, this article explores the value of a novel approach integrating advanced spatio-statistical measures with critic...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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2015
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The professional geographer
Year: 2015, Volume: 67, Issue: 3, Pages: 330-341 |
| ISSN: | 1467-9272 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/00330124.2014.968834 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1080/00330124.2014.968834
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| Author Notes: | Stephan Fuchs |
| Summary: | Place names represent an established topic in sociocultural and critical scholarship on human space and place. Based on a comprehensive data set of Germanic names in the American Midwest, this article explores the value of a novel approach integrating advanced spatio-statistical measures with critical interpretation to revitalize the field of toponomy on a concerted methodological and theoretical level. Processed in a geographic information system (GIS) environment, the regional toponymic pattern provides a broad and reliable framework that evokes interpretative discussion of underlying structures and processes. This characterizes Germanic toponyms as versatile sociodemographic, political, and ethnocultural indicators. |
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| Item Description: | Published online: 14 Nov 2014 Gesehen am 06.08.2021 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1467-9272 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/00330124.2014.968834 |