Research in the Language and Place-Names of Newfoundland

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Linguistics/Revue canadienne de linguistique
• Main Author: Story, G. M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1957
• Subjects: Linguistics and Language; Language and Linguistics; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0008413100025123; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0008413100025123

Adequate plans for the examination of the language and place-names of the Island were conceived only three years ago; it will not, therefore, be surprising if this interim report is a more or less inadequate sketch which may at times dwell more on what needs to be done rather than on what has actually been accomplished. Some of the difficulties we are having to take into account result from the fact that toponymy and linguistic research are not altogether autonomous disciplines. Properly viewed they impinge on such studies as cartography, geography, history, social anthropology and folklore. One of the most encouraging recent developments in Newfoundland has been the lively interest in the inheritance of the Island, and the formulation of a programme of research for its adequate exploration.