LANDSCAPE AND NAMES The Role of Geographical Names in Space and Space-Related Identity Building
Journal Title: FOLIA GEOGRAPHICA - Year 2010, Vol 51, Issue 1
Abstract
The article highlights the role of place names in space and space-related iden- tity building from a cultural-geographical perspective. It is found that place names have important functions mainly in three relations between a cultural group and space, i.e. in reflecting spatial characteristics, in shaping geographical space when they influence it both visually and mentally as well as in identification of people with place and in space- related identity building both of individual members of a cultural group and of a cultural group in total when place names function as labels and support emotional ties between man and place.
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Peter JORDAN
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