Thesis (M. A. (African Languages)) -- University of Limpopo, 2013 / The study examines the origin of place names and naming patterns of some communities in Mhala Sub-district in Bohlabela district in Mpumalanga Province. The study will deal with the various reasons underlying the naming of these place names and their origins. Furthermore the study will seek to find out how these place names were of great significance in that they are meaningful and preserve history. In order to achieve the aims of the proposal, the researcher will employ the qualitative research method. This qualitative research method will be supported by both primary and secondary methods in terms of data collection. The study will make people aware of the reflection of the value, importance and meaning attached to place names since it shows how people name their different places, which are in most instances body of history and meaningful. In other words, the study will endeavour to contribute to existing body of knowledge and understanding of the naming practices of some place names in Mhala sub-district of Bohlabela district in Mpumalanga Province.

Thèse : Lettres : Paris : 1883. / Titre provenant de la page de titre du document numérisé.

Thesis (doctoral)--Université de Paris IV, 1974. / Includes bibliographical references (v. 2, p. 847-1167) and index.

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This thesis classifies Inuit place names and analyses their meanings to reveal Harvaqtuurmiut land-use history on the Harvaqtuuq [Kazan River], Nunavut Territory. The author collected previously unrecorded toponyms from the territory of this Caribou Inuit society, the Harvaqtuuq [Kazan River], and corroborated the data of earlier researchers. The Harvaqtuuq landscape was organized from foci of subsistence activities by application of Inuktitut geographical terminology and concepts. These foci moved over time and betray changing land-use patterns. The Harvaqtuuq was a frontier for Inuit, due to the need to depend on caribou, and due to the conflict engendered by overlapping Dene occupation. The presence of anthroponyms, and the paucity of pan-Inuit myths in the landscape allow for the speculative interpretation that the names support current theories of a recent arrival of Inuit to the Harvaqtuuq .

The ultimate intention of this thesis is to propose the meta-theory of toponymic attachment, which is comprised of toponymic identity and dependence, and to explore ways in which it is related to , but distinct from, existing widely-published theories on place attachment. / Doctorate of Philosophy

Univ., Diss.--Saarbrücken, 2003. / Literaturverz. S. 363 - 392.

Thesis--Münster (Westf.). / Vita. At head of title: Slavische Philologie. Includes bibliographical references (p. [252]-257).

Thesis (doctoral)--Uppsala universitet, 1982. / Extra t.p. with thesis statement inserted. Summary in English. Includes bibliographical references (p. 220-239).

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