Place-names in the Landscape

Margaret Gelling (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

320 Seiten

2001 | New edition
Weidenfeld & Nicolson History (Verlag)
978-0-460-86086-4 (ISBN)

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Presents research on the way in which numerous place-names are strongly rooted in the physical features of the land. Using a thematic approach, the author establishes a general picture of a people in possession of a vast and subtle topographical vocabulary.

In this text, the author presents details of her research on the way in which numerous place-names are strongly rooted in the physical features of the land. Using a thematic approach, she describes how varied physical characteristics, such as hills and valleys, trees and forests, marshes, moors, springs and lakes have shaped place-names and establishes a general picture of a people in possession of a vast and topographical vocabulary.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	4.10.2001
Zusatzinfo	8 maps
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	500 g
Themenwelt	Reiseführer ► Europa ► Großbritannien
	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
ISBN-10	0-460-86086-0 / 0460860860
ISBN-13	978-0-460-86086-4 / 9780460860864
Zustand	Neuware