Type of research: basic Duration from: 04/01/91. to 12/31/94. Papers on project (total): 28
Papers on project quoted in Current Contents: 5
Institution name: Hrvatska akademija znanosti i umjetnosti, Zagreb (101) Department/Institute: Linguistic Research Institute Address: Ante Kovačića 5 City: 10000 - Zagreb, Croatia
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Summary: The historical dictionary of Croatian toponymics deals with
toponyms from the whole of Croatia recorded in historical sources from
the 5th to the 17th century. Dictionary materials are excerpted only from
published historical sources (documents, notary records, statutes of
towns and regions), and from historical-toponomastic studies and
monographs. The main corpus of the dictionary is based on the materials
from the territory of the Republic of Croatia. The toponymy of historical
Croatian areas, as well as those in which the Croats settled in the
course of centuries, are discussed in special appendices to the
dictionary. The dictionary will contain more then 50,000 toponyms. It will
include a complete oikonymy (names of settlements), all important
hydronyms (names of waters), oronyms (names of mountains and elevations),
as well as important microtoponymy. Each toponym is entered in all its
forms recorded in historical sources, with notes explaining its
linguistic development and etymology.
Keywords: onomastics, toponomastics, oronymy, hydronymy, place-name dictionary, historical toponymy, Croatian mediaeval history, history of language, etymology, Croatia
Research goals: The final goal of the project is to compile a
Historical Dictionary of Croatian Toponymy which will include the
complete Croatian historical toponymy. The dictionary will also provide
basis for the making of a historical topographic atlas ofCroatia. Since
the toponyms in a dictionary conceived in this way do not give only
linguisticaly relevant information, their value for the studies of the
history of the language, language contactsand historical dialectology is
evident. This is all the more so,since the toponyms often do not follow
consistently the regular language development so that they sometimes
remain the only existing evidence of historical development stages. On the
other hand, toponyms are an indispensable source of information for
anumber of historical disciplines, primarily history, geography,
archaeology, and their related fields, such as demography, migration
studies, historical and legal studies etc. We should point out that
toponyms dating back to prehistorical periods provide often the only
evidence of the original language mosaic and of exceptionally complex
language stratification in the Croatian area. The project is
interdisciplinary in character and its final result, a toponymic
dictionary will be a source of valuable information to various users.
COOPERATION - PROJECTS
Name of project
: Feldforschung bei slawischsprachen
Volksgruppen Oesterreichs Name of institution: Balkankommission der Oesterreichischen Akademie
der Wissenschaften City: Austrija - Beč, 1010
Name of project
: 6-02-203 Izvori, studije i pomagala za hrvatsku
povijest Name of institution: Zavod za povijesne znanosti HAZU City: 10000 - Zagreb, Croatia
Name of project
: 6-03-055 Onomastička istraživanja u Hrvatskoj Name of institution: Zavod za hrvatski jezik City: 10000 - Zagreb, Croatia
Name of project
: 6-03-069 Upanišadi, vedska i indoeuropska
predaja, hrvatsko nazivlje Name of institution: Filozofski fakultet, Odsjek za opću lingvistiku
i orijentalne studije City: 10000 - Zagreb, Croatia
COOPERATION - INSTITUTIONS
Name of institution
: Zavod za hrvatski jezik Type of institution: State institute Type of cooperation: Joint publishing of scientific papers City: 10000 - Zagreb, Croatia
Name of institution
: Filozofski fakultet Sveučilišta u Splitu Type of institution: University/Faculty Type of cooperation: Systematic exchange of information City: 23000 - Zadar, Croatia
Name of institution
: Filozofski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu Type of institution: University/Faculty Type of cooperation: Joint project City: 10000 - Zagreb, Croatia
Name of institution
: Inštitut za slovenski jezik SAZU Type of institution: State institute Type of cooperation: Occasional exchange of information City: 61000 - Ljubljana, Slovenija
Name of institution
: Istituto di filologia slava Type of institution: University/Faculty Type of cooperation: Occasional exchange of experts City: 35100 - Padova, Italija
Name of institution
: Istituto di glottologia Type of institution: University/Faculty Type of cooperation: Systematic exchange of information City: 35100 - Padova, Italija
Name of institution
: Sorbisches Institut Type of institution: University/Faculty Type of cooperation: Occasional exchange of information City: Budyšin/Bautzen, Njemačka
Name of institution
: Institut fur Sorabistik Type of institution: University/Faculty Type of cooperation: Occasional exchange of information City: Leipzig, Njemačka
Name of institution
: Jazykovedny ustav Ludovita Štura Type of institution: State institute Type of cooperation: Occasional exchange of information City: Bratislava, Slovačka
Name of institution
: Ustav pro jazyk česky Type of institution: State institute Type of cooperation: Occasional exchange of information City: Prag, Češka
Name of institution
: Harvard University Type of institution: University/Faculty Type of cooperation: Systematic exchange of information City: 02138 - Cambridge, SAD Other information about the project.