Characteristics of exonym use in selected European languages

This article discusses linguistic and geographical aspects of the frequency of exonym use in selected European languages. In addition to true exonyms, exographs and exophones are presented. Frequency is discussed by individual languages and, within these, by appertaining countries and the semantic t...

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Main Author: Drago Kladnik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: ZRC SAZU, Založba ZRC 2007-12-01
Series:Acta Geographica Slovenica
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Online Access:https://ojs.zrc-sazu.si/ags/article/view/1251
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description This article discusses linguistic and geographical aspects of the frequency of exonym use in selected European languages. In addition to true exonyms, exographs and exophones are presented. Frequency is discussed by individual languages and, within these, by appertaining countries and the semantic types of adapted foreign geographical names. In addition, certain typical concepts of exonym use are presented with an emphasis on how they are written.
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spelling doaj.art-ac23f47857ab4985a790d86629f2a6b52022-12-22T02:46:21ZengZRC SAZU, Založba ZRCActa Geographica Slovenica1581-66131581-83142007-12-01472199–222199–22210.3986/AGS47203980Characteristics of exonym use in selected European languagesDrago KladnikThis article discusses linguistic and geographical aspects of the frequency of exonym use in selected European languages. In addition to true exonyms, exographs and exophones are presented. Frequency is discussed by individual languages and, within these, by appertaining countries and the semantic types of adapted foreign geographical names. In addition, certain typical concepts of exonym use are presented with an emphasis on how they are written.https://ojs.zrc-sazu.si/ags/article/view/1251geographygeographical nameexonymizationexonymexographexophoneatlaslinguistics
spellingShingle Drago Kladnik
Characteristics of exonym use in selected European languages
Acta Geographica Slovenica
geography
geographical name
exonymization
exonym
exograph
exophone
atlas
linguistics
title Characteristics of exonym use in selected European languages
title_full Characteristics of exonym use in selected European languages
title_fullStr Characteristics of exonym use in selected European languages
title_full_unstemmed Characteristics of exonym use in selected European languages
title_short Characteristics of exonym use in selected European languages
title_sort characteristics of exonym use in selected european languages
topic geography
geographical name
exonymization
exonym
exograph
exophone
atlas
linguistics
url https://ojs.zrc-sazu.si/ags/article/view/1251
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