The Language Landscape of Modern Khorog: Toponymic Data

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Classification – name: Literary studies
Author: Leyli R. Dodykhudoeva
Pages: 452–467
Publisher: A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IWL RAS Publ.)
Rights – description: Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 (СС BY-ND)
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Language of the publication: Russian
Type of document: Research Article
Collection: Modern Language Policy: Theory and Practice
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22455/978-5-9208-0707-6-452-467
Year of publication: 2022
Place of publication: Moscow
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Dodykhudoeva, L.R. "The Language Landscape of Modern Khorog: Toponymic Data." Modern Language Policy: Theory and Practice, ex. ed. Maria Ya. Kaplunova, Zhao Ronghui. Moscow, IWL RAS Publ., 2022, pp. 452–467. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.22455/978-5-9208-0707-6-452-467

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Leyli R. Dodykhudoeva, PhD in Philology, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Linguistics RAS, B. Kislovsky per., 1 building1, 125009 Moscow, Russia.

ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4567-9454

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Abstract:

The work discusses the linguistic landscape of the city of Khorog, as well as the quality of the representation, in Russian and Tajik discourse, of the (micro)toponymic data of minority Iranian languages, in particular Shughnani. It describes current trends in (micro)toponymic nomenclature, as represented in maps of the region, as well as in written sources and fictional literature.

Keywords: toponymy, toponym, microtoponym, Khorog, Iranian languages, Pamir languages, Shughnani, Mountainous Badakhshan Autonomous Region, Tajikistan

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