On classifying the renaming of geographical features
- DOI
- 10.5922/vestnikpsy-2026-2-1
- Pages
- 5-13
Abstract
An overview of possible criteria for the classification of the renaming of settlements, streets, and various natural objects is presented. All relevant classifications are divided by the author into three groups: basic, those determined by linguistic reasons, and those based on extralinguistic factors. The descriptions are accompanied by examples of the implementation of specific types of renaming in practice. Many typologies, in particular those based on the class of toponym, the frequency of renaming, historical and political reasons, function, place and time of implementation, linguistic reasons, and the number of languages involved, are only briefly mentioned in scholarly sources, and the role of these factors as classification criteria is not made explicit. The author introduces original classifications: 1) a division of renaming by scale into individual, mass, and comprehensive; 2) a distinction, according to the degree of consideration of original toponyms, between independent renaming, formally coordinated, semantically coordinated, and conditionally coordinated.