History of Hungarian Toponyms

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Anita Rácz, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Hungarian Linguistics at the University of Debrecen and Director of the Institute of Hungarian Linguistics. Her main research areas include the study of the histoiy and typology of Hungarian settlement names.
Professor István Hoffmann has spent his professional career at the University of Debrecen and in the 1990s he established a widely-recognized school of ono-mastics at the Institute of Hungarian Linguistics of the university. The coauthors of this volume were also his students.
Professor Valéria Tóth is the Head of the Doctoral School of Linguistics at the University of Debrecen with several of her students working in the field of onomastics. She is also the editor of numerous journals and has been heading scholarly research programs both in Hungary and internationally.
This is the first book of its kind that provides a comprehensive overview of the system and history of Hungarian toponyms in English. Hungarian... Tovább

Fülszöveg

Anita Rácz, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Hungarian Linguistics at the University of Debrecen and Director of the Institute of Hungarian Linguistics. Her main research areas include the study of the histoiy and typology of Hungarian settlement names.
Professor István Hoffmann has spent his professional career at the University of Debrecen and in the 1990s he established a widely-recognized school of ono-mastics at the Institute of Hungarian Linguistics of the university. The coauthors of this volume were also his students.
Professor Valéria Tóth is the Head of the Doctoral School of Linguistics at the University of Debrecen with several of her students working in the field of onomastics. She is also the editor of numerous journals and has been heading scholarly research programs both in Hungary and internationally.
This is the first book of its kind that provides a comprehensive overview of the system and history of Hungarian toponyms in English. Hungarian language forms a linguistic island (as a language of Uralic origin) in the Carpathian Basin, being surrounded by Indo-European languages. It exhibits several features that stand out fi-om the surrounding environment. Of course, this is also perceptible in the linguistic nature of the toponymic system, one of the crucial sub-systems of the language. The latter has also been shaped by the unique features of Hungarian history and culture, thus also strongly affecting the genesis and changes of toponyms. Still, we need to highlight the diversity of interactions and contacts with other languages and cultures that has been one of the characteristic features of Hungarian language history and which has also influenced toponyms. The authors publish this volume in the hope that it will provide fascinating insights into the colorful world of Hungarian toponyms even for those who are not directly involved in onomastics. They also hope that this book would attract the attention of scholars to Hungarian toponyms and they can make good use of the information included in this work both in temis of studying toponyms in their own language and in formulating more general onomastic conclusions. Vissza