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... names survey . " NAMES AND THE CULTURALLY DEFINED ENVIRONMENT 4 Though a legacy of the past , place - names function in the present as sign- posts , guiding people as they move around the territory and facilitating all communications ...
... names survey . " NAMES AND THE CULTURALLY DEFINED ENVIRONMENT 4 Though a legacy of the past , place - names function in the present as sign- posts , guiding people as they move around the territory and facilitating all communications ...
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... names are rooted in shared experience at the local level , and any feature which could distinguish a place from others nearby might well be chosen . Like other names , descriptive names gain currency and become more standardized through ...
... names are rooted in shared experience at the local level , and any feature which could distinguish a place from others nearby might well be chosen . Like other names , descriptive names gain currency and become more standardized through ...
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Names relating to faunal resources Over one third of the names in the sample represent a particular type of descriptive name which refer directly to faunal resources . Included are names relating to a large range of species of mammals ...
Names relating to faunal resources Over one third of the names in the sample represent a particular type of descriptive name which refer directly to faunal resources . Included are names relating to a large range of species of mammals ...
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Heather Bliss | 11 |
Julie Brittain Carrie Dyck Yvan Rose Marguerite MacKenzie | 29 |
Clare Cook | 47 |
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