Kelsie B. Harder (1922–2007)
Autore di Illustrated dictionary of place names, United States and Canada
Sull'Autore
Fonte dell'immagine: By Kershaw Mehta - The Racquette (SUNY Potsdam School Newspaper) Article - December 13th, 1984, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=18989185
Opere di Kelsie B. Harder
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Harder, Kelsie Brown
- Data di nascita
- 1922-08-23
- Data di morte
- 2007-04-09
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Pope, Tennessee, USA
- Luogo di morte
- Potsdam, New York, USA
- Istruzione
- Vanderbilt University (BA|1950; MA)
University of Florida (PhD|1954) - Attività lavorative
- Professor of English
- Organizzazioni
- Youngstown University
SUNY Potsdam
Utenti
Recensioni
Statistiche
- Opere
- 4
- Utenti
- 35
- Popolarità
- #405,584
- Recensioni
- 1
- ISBN
- 7
Although the Native People are often pushed aside, still they often leaves the names of the places. In the United States and Canada, literally thousands of "names have their origin in Indian names". [ix] "Onomastic interfacing" occurred, where two languages coalesce, and different words or even languages develop.
"Bogalusa" in Louisiana has been rendered in Spanish, English, French and American folk spellings going way back.
"The problem with naming...is that names seem to have little significance or meaning except as identifiers." This work explores the meaning-making and significance, and traces names beyond the memorable into the moving democratic process of migration.… (altro)