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Of the Same Breath opens the door to a better understanding of why and how the animals and places of southern Africa have been given the names they have today. The vast reaches of the information provided in this book have been drawn together to create a veritable cornucopia of answers to the old qu...
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oapen-20.500.12657-606442024-03-27T14:15:03Z Of the same breath Möller, Lucie A. bird names animal names place names toponyms southern Arica indigenous languages San Khoi insects scientific names origens languages African thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RG Geography::RGX Geographical reference works::RGXP Place names and gazetteers thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTG Genealogy, heraldry, names and honours Of the Same Breath opens the door to a better understanding of why and how the animals and places of southern Africa have been given the names they have today. The vast reaches of the information provided in this book have been drawn together to create a veritable cornucopia of answers to the old question of how names originated. In this linguistically thought-provoking book, readers will be guided through the origins of animal names and toponyms, from the coastline of South Africa to the northern border of Namibia, and from the mighty elephant to the humble grasshopper. 2023-01-12T13:59:03Z 2023-01-12T13:59:03Z 2017 book ONIX_20230112_9781928424031_26 9781928424031 9781928424024 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/60644 eng application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International 9781928424031.pdf https://ujonlinepress.uj.ac.za/index.php/ujp/catalog/book/73 UJ Press UJ Press 10.18820/9781928424031 10.18820/9781928424031 b166ea55-2ec8-4e5c-98ed-c27d3909a50b 9781928424031 9781928424024 UJ Press 381 Bloemfontein open access |
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Of the Same Breath opens the door to a better understanding of why and how the animals and places of southern Africa have been given the names they have today. The vast reaches of the information provided in this book have been drawn together to create a veritable cornucopia of answers to the old question of how names originated. In this linguistically thought-provoking book, readers will be guided through the origins of animal names and toponyms, from the coastline of South Africa to the northern border of Namibia, and from the mighty elephant to the humble grasshopper. |
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