AN INSULAR TOPONYMY: PLACE-NAMING ON DUDLEY PENINSULA, KANGAROO ISLAND

作者：Nash Joshua^*

来源：Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 2012, 136: 67-98.

DOI：10.1080/03721426.2012.10887165

• Dudley Peninsula, Kangaroo Island
• pristine toponymy
• fishing ground names
• toponymic ethnography

This paper uses the concept of pristine place-naming first put forward by Ross (1958: 333) to analyse two elements of the unofficial toponymy of Dudley Peninsula, Kangaroo Island. Under this definition Ross considers a toponym pristine %26apos;if, and only if, we are cognisant of the actual act of its creation%26apos;. Ross%26apos;s definition is extended by distinguishing between embedded and unembedded toponyms. Topographical names, fishing ground names and a microtoponymic analysis of a specific section of Dudley Peninsula toponymy are presented. Data in the form of maps and linguistic and cultural analysis suggest the need to consider more wide-reaching cultural considerations when doing toponymic analysis in a remote community. The term %26apos;toponymic ethnography%26apos; is put forward as a conceptual and theoretical tool for further studies in toponymy.

• 出版日期2012-11