Taxonomy Of Toponyms: An Unsolved Problem?
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5433/2237-4876.1999v2n1p125Keywords:
Taxonomy, Toponyms.Abstract
The traditional design of the toponymic studies involved the reflection on the origin and significance of geographical names in a descriptive perspective: etymology, formation (affixes), recurrence, with the focus mainly on purely intra-linguistic aspects. When considering a toponymic taxonomy, one would take into account the formal composition, that is, its significant, without questioning other relationships of extra-linguistic nature, such as the social, political and economic contexts, among others (Adams, 1998).