Field Research of Karelian Toponymy

The article reviews toponymy field research carried out by the Institute of Language, Literature and History of the Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences during the past 40 years and aiming to create and enlarge the card index of Karelian and neighbouring districts’ toponyms. T...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Irma I. Mullonen
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:Russian
Published: Izdatelstvo Uralskogo Universiteta 2012
Subjects:
Russian language
Finno-Ugric languages
Karelian language
Veps language
Karelia and neighbouring territories
toponymy
field research
toponymy field collection methods
History of Civilization
CB3-482
Philology. Linguistics
P1-1091
karelian
veps language
Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/43a2816af27c4ac787195c0f5e5134b3
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Summary:The article reviews toponymy field research carried out by the Institute of Language, Literature and History of the Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences during the past 40 years and aiming to create and enlarge the card index of Karelian and neighbouring districts’ toponyms. The author determines the boundaries of the examined territory, characterizing the extent to which Russian and Baltic-Finnish (Karelian and Veps) toponymy is studied along with toponymy collection methods applied.

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