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Populating the landscape with absent friends: the use of personal names in Palmerston Island toponyms.
- Source :
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Island Studies Journal . 2016, Vol. 11 Issue 2, p359-368. 10p. - Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- This paper describes and contextualizes placenames on Palmerston Island, a small Pacific island populated by around 50 descendants of a mixed-origin group of settlers in the 1860s. The inhabitants today are monolingual speakers of a dialect that has been described variously as an English dialect or an English-based creole. I show that Palmerston English placenames are rarely complex or detailed descriptive names, and this can be accounted for by the small, isolated and densely-networked nature of the population. The isolation and transience of the community may also contribute to the high number of placenames that index people's names or other locations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 17152593
- Volume :
- 11
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Island Studies Journal
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 119684151