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Title: | Language and Place-knowledge on Norfolk Island | Contributor(s): | Nash, Joshua (author) ; Low, M (author) | Publication Date: | 2015 | DOI: | 10.1080/00141844.2014.889187 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/21878 | Abstract: | Using the place-naming practices in the small settler society of Norfolk Island, the home of Anglo-Polynesian descendants of the Bounty mutineers, we advance a linguistic argument against Saussure's claims concerning the arbitrariness of signs. When extended to place names, Saussure's claims about language in general imply place names in themselves hold no significance for how people interact with places. In contrast, we use ethnographic examples to show that people of Norfolk Island interact with the significance of the names themselves. Arguments for an integrated approach to toponymy in which place names are considered alongside other relational (cultural, economic and historical) factors that influence their use and meaning are put forward. We propose 'toponymic ethnography' as a useful methodology for understanding the connectedness of toponyms to people, place, and social networks. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Ethnos, 80(3), p. 385-408 | Publisher: | Routledge | Place of Publication: | United Kingdom | ISSN: | 1469-588X 0014-1844 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 200405 Language in Culture and Society (Sociolinguistics) 160103 Linguistic Anthropology 200408 Linguistic Structures (incl. Grammar, Phonology, Lexicon, Semantics) |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 470411 Sociolinguistics 440105 Linguistic anthropology 470409 Linguistic structures (incl. phonology, morphology and syntax) |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 950201 Communication Across Languages and Culture 950503 Understanding Australia's Past |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 130201 Communication across languages and culture 130703 Understanding Australia’s past |
Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
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