"Names and Their Environment": Proceedings of the 25th International Congress of Onomastic Sciences, Glasgow, 25-29 August 2014. Vol. 2. Toponomastics II

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It was a great pleasure to welcome 249 members of the International Council of Onomastic Sciences to Glasgow for the 25th International Congress of Onomastic Sciences from 25-29 August 2014. Delegates attended from a total of 43 countries, testifying to the vigorous state of name studies throughout the world. The programme included 182 presentations on the congress theme of 'Names and their Environment', comprising 3 keynote lectures, 170 session papers and 9 posters. Of these, 145 were in English, 22 in German and 12 in French. We are delighted that 115 have been written up for publication in the congress proceedings, while a further 59 are represented in the form of abstracts. The proceedings comprise 5 volumes, organised according to the themed sections of the congress itself. Papers by keynote speakers appear at the beginning of Volume 1. Volumes 1 and 2 then cover Toponomastics; Volume 3 covers Anthroponomastics; Volume 4 covers Theory and Methodology as well as Socio-onomastics; and Volume 5 covers Literary Onomastics, Other Names and Commercial Names. Laîné, Stéphane (France) / Les formes toponymiques dans quelques enquêtes réalisées en Normandie à la fin du XIIIe siècle 1 Lárusdóttir, Birna (Iceland) / Risking One’s Life for a Place Name: The Case of Surtsey Island (abstract) 15 Lehtonen, Johanna, Kaija Mallat and Sami Suviranta (Finland) / Naming Metro Stations in Helsinki and Espoo, Finland 16 Lennon, Ben (United Kingdom) / The Meends of the Forest of Dean: Long-term Continuity as Liminal Space (abstract) 22 López-Leiva, César and Joan Tort-Donada (Spain) / Place Names as a Key to the Analysis of Human-Induced Changes in Natural Vegetation. A Case Study: The District of Els Ports in Valencia (Spain) 23 Retali-Medori, Stella, Maria Francescu Luneschi and Jean-Louis Santini (France) / La base de données toponymiques du CESIT Corsica 35 Makhiyanova, Lyaysan and Elena Remchukova (Russia) / A Megalopolis as a Factor of Urbanonyms Forming (on the Base of Restaurant Names in Moscow, Saint Petersburg and Kazan) (abstract) 43 Menezes, Paulo M.L., Claudio J.B. Santos and Ana C. Resende (Brazil) / Toponymy Comparison on One Millionth Map of Rio de Janeiro State – Brazil (abstract) 44 Muhr, Kay (United Kingdom) / Locating the Saint of Derryloran, Mid-Ulster (abstract) 45 Mulle, Peter (Schweiz) / Die Verdumpfung von mittelhochdeutsch 'â' aufgrund der Sammlung 'Luzerner Namenbuch' 46 Ó hAisibéil, Liam (Ireland) / Guided by Gelling: Topographical Element Analysis in Irish Place Names Research (abstract) 57 Pacey, Huia (New Zealand) / Using Placenames as Bioindicators (abstract) 58 Päll, Peeter (Estonia) / Toponyms in the City – or Are These 'Other Names'? (abstract) 59 Pennifold, Emily (United Kingdom) / Wenglish? A Study of Borrowings in the Field Names of the English-Welsh Border Region 60 Puzey, Guy and Jani Vuolteenaho (United Kingdom / Finland) / Developing a Gramscian Approach to Toponymy 66 Rateau, Michel A. (France) / Extension of English Onomastics: The Case of the Anglo-French Province of Aquitaine During the Middle Ages and its Toponyms of English Origin 78 Reszegi, Katalin (Hungary) / Cognitive Description of Multilingual Toponym Pairs 88 Rübekeil, Ludwig (Schweiz) / Namenwechsel und Namenwandel in der Nordsee 98 Rye, Eleanor (United Kingdom) / Quantifying the Scandinavian Contribution to the Vocabulary of Middle English Minor Names (abstract) 109 Salaberri Zaratiegi, Patxi (Spain) / Anthroponyms in Basque Toponymy 110 Sandnes, Berit (Sweden) / Linguistically Mixed Names 117 Sandst, Line (Denmark) / The Onomastic Landscape of Copenhagen – Meaning Formation, Rewriting History and Onomastic Scale Reduction 123 Sauvant, Michel (France) / Il était une fois des toponymes environnementaux qui masquaient bien leurs origines érudites 135 Schiller, Christiane (Deutschland) / Die Konstruktion Rufname + Beiname als Ortsnamentyp im nördlichen Ostpreußen (abstract) 158 Scott, Maggie (United Kingdom) / Diachronic Critical Toponymy and Scottish Place Names (abstract) 159 Sokolova, Tatiana (Russia) / Topical Issues of Namegiving in New Moscow 160 Štěpán, Pavel (The Czech Republic) / Emotional Expressivity in Czech Toponymy 169 Tegelaar, Arthur (The Netherlands) / What is to Be 'Seen' in 'Siena'? (Or: How to Explain the Name of Siena?) (abstract) 176 Vikstrand, Per (Sweden) / Place Names and Viking Age Religion 177 Wahlberg, Mats (Sweden) / Place Names – A Place for Cats? 185 Whyte, Alasdair (United Kingdom) / 'An Leathair Mhuileach'. Gaelic 'leathair': A Coastal Place Name Generic in Mull (abstract) 194 Wolny, Matthias (Deutschland) / Die Kommodifizierung der urbanen Toponymie in Turin. Der Fall des Juventus Stadium 195 Zschieschang, Christian (Deutschland) / Merseburg. Zur 'Bedeutung' des Namens 206