| Title: | The role of the mental map in socio-onomastic research |
| Author: | Erzsébet Győrffy |
| Publication: | Numele și numirea. Actele Conferinței Internaționale de Onomastică. Ediția a III-a: Conventional / unconventional in onomastics, p. 504 |
| ISBN: | 978-606-543-671-8 |
| Editors: | Oliviu Felecan |
| Publisher: | Editura Mega, Editura Argonaut |
| Place: | Cluj-Napoca |
| Year: | 2015 |
| Abstract: | This paper aims to introduce a new method to examine the variations and the use of toponyms. This method is mental mapping. The mental or cognitive map is an interdisciplinary notion used in, e.g., psychology and geography, and refers to the representation of space in the mind. During mental mapping (especially when the process is made with more than one person at the same time), the subjects do not focus on the toponyms, so the scholar can observe their use in a nearly spontaneous situation. In my paper I represent the results of my experiment carried out in the name community of the settlement of Tépe, Hungary. |
| Key words: | socio-onomastics, mental mapping, cognitive map, toponyms |
| Language: | English |
| Links: |  pdf |
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