Commemorative city-texts: Spatio-temporal patterns in street names in Leipzig, East Germany and Poznań, Poland

IF 2 2区文学 Q1 LINGUISTICS

Language in Society Pub Date : 2023-03-08 DOI:10.1017/s0047404523000040

I. Buchstaller, Małgorzata Fabiszak, S. Alvanides, A. Brzezińska, Patryk Dobkiewicz

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Abstract

This article contributes to research on commemorative naming strategies by presenting a comparative longitudinal study on changes in the urban toponymy of Leipzig (Germany) and Poznań (Poland) over a period of 102 years. Our analysis combines memory studies, linguistic landscape (LL) research and critical toponymy with GIS visualization techniques to explore (turnovers in) naming practices across time and space. The key difference between the two localities lies in the commemorative pantheon of referents—events, people, and places inscribed as traces of a hegemonic national past—that are replaced when commemorative priorities change. Other patterns are common to both study sites. Notably, in both Poznań and Leipzig, peaks of renaming occur at the threshold of regime change, after which commemorative renaming activity subsides. We report on our findings and propose methodological guidelines for analyzing street renaming from a longitudinal, transnational, and interdisciplinary perspective. (Collective memory, critical toponymy, memoryscape, linguistic landscapes, encoding of ideology, comparative analysis of Eastern Europe, longitudinal analysis, commemoration, GIS visualization)*

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纪念城市文本：东德莱比锡和波兰波兹南街道名称的时空模式

本文通过对德国莱比锡(Leipzig)和波兰波兹纳伊(poznaz) 102年来城市地名变化的纵向比较研究，为纪念性命名策略的研究做出了贡献。我们的分析结合了记忆研究、语言景观(LL)研究和地理信息系统可视化技术的关键地名，以探索跨越时间和空间的命名实践。这两个地方之间的关键区别在于，纪念性的参照物——作为霸权国家过去的痕迹而被铭刻的事件、人物和地点——在纪念性的优先事项发生变化时被取代。其他模式在两个研究地点都是共同的。值得注意的是，在波兹纳和莱比锡，更名的高峰出现在政权更迭的门槛，之后纪念性更名活动消退。我们报告了我们的发现，并提出了从纵向、跨国和跨学科的角度分析街道更名的方法指南。(集体记忆、批判地名、记忆景观、语言景观、意识形态编码、东欧比较分析、纵向分析、纪念、GIS可视化)*

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4.30

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13.30%

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期刊介绍： Language in Society is an international journal of sociolinguistics concerned with language and discourse as aspects of social life. The journal publishes empirical articles of general theoretical, comparative or methodological interest to students and scholars in sociolinguistics, linguistic anthropology, and related fields. Language in Society aims to strengthen international scholarship and interdisciplinary conversation and cooperation among researchers interested in language and society by publishing work of high quality which speaks to a wide audience. In addition to original articles, the journal publishes reviews and notices of the latest important books in the field as well as occasional theme and discussion sections.