Why is the North Sea West of Us? Principles behind naming of the Seas
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Why is the North Sea West of Us? Principles behind naming of the Seas. / Gammeltoft, Peder.
I: Journal of Maritime and Territorial Studies, Bind 3, Nr. 1, 15.01.2016, s. 103-122.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Why is the North Sea West of Us?
T2 - Principles behind naming of the Seas
AU - Gammeltoft, Peder
PY - 2016/1/15
Y1 - 2016/1/15
N2 - This article focuses on the motivations behind sea-naming, by means of examples from Europe but also elsewhere. Why do certain sea names become dominant while others retract into local forms or simply die out? The article takes us back in time to the early days of map-making and, indeed, earlier. Occurrences of sea names such as the North Sea are examined and analysed to see how they spread from an original one-language form to exist in multiple languages, and analyses them from a linguistic, geographic and nautical perspective.It is found that Seas or bodies of water in stretches of sea are named according to six main principles. Many sea-names are formally secondary names whosespecific element is the name of: a) a nearby settlement name; b) a nearby island or c) a nearby country or region. In addition, a sea-name may be a formally primary name named from: d) a directional perspective, e) its appearance or f) containing the name of an explorer or a commemorated person as its specific.
AB - This article focuses on the motivations behind sea-naming, by means of examples from Europe but also elsewhere. Why do certain sea names become dominant while others retract into local forms or simply die out? The article takes us back in time to the early days of map-making and, indeed, earlier. Occurrences of sea names such as the North Sea are examined and analysed to see how they spread from an original one-language form to exist in multiple languages, and analyses them from a linguistic, geographic and nautical perspective.It is found that Seas or bodies of water in stretches of sea are named according to six main principles. Many sea-names are formally secondary names whosespecific element is the name of: a) a nearby settlement name; b) a nearby island or c) a nearby country or region. In addition, a sea-name may be a formally primary name named from: d) a directional perspective, e) its appearance or f) containing the name of an explorer or a commemorated person as its specific.
KW - Faculty of Humanities
KW - sea-names
KW - onomastics
KW - place-names
KW - historical cartography
KW - map-making
KW - international standards
KW - havnavne
KW - navneforskning
KW - historisk kartografi
KW - kartografi
KW - internationale standarder
KW - international stednavnenormering
UR - https://www.nahf.or.kr/?bmode=view&search=&s_word=&mode=&board=&menulev=&didx=&bname=&sidx=482&page=1&bidx=28&stype=2
M3 - Journal article
VL - 3
SP - 103
EP - 122
JO - Journal of Territorial and Maritime Studies
JF - Journal of Territorial and Maritime Studies
SN - 2288-6834
IS - 1
ER -
ID: 154145281