Unnameable landscapes

This paper outlines the key concepts of opacity, back formation and toponymic activity used by place name historians, and relates them to the naming of contemporary artefacts in the cultural landscape. It categorises place names according to a three-layered analytical model of landscape and argues t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: John Stuart-Murray
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Lincoln University 1995-10-01
Series:Landscape Review
Online Access:https://journals.lincoln.ac.nz/index.php/lr/article/view/18