Lebanese Place-Names (Mount Lebanon and North Lebanon) A Typology of Regional Variation and Continuity (Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta) [Hardcover]

E. Wardini (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1, 2002 | ISBN-10: 9042912480 | ISBN-13: 978-9042912489 | Edition: Bilingual

The present volume covers some 1724 Lebanese place-names in the districts of Mount Lebanon and North Lebanon. The aim has been to: a) establish a database of place-names based on fieldwork; b) present the etymologies of these names based on the latest findings in Semitic lexicography, onomastics and dialectology; and c) plot the results across the Lebanese territory. analysis of the place-names, focusing on language, geography and society, tends to confirm that language and religion shifts in Lebanon were gradual. Nearly 49 are Phoenician. The traditional dividing lines between religious groups are only slightly reflected in place-names. These groups seem to have had a similar sociocultural development. The landscape holds a central position in Lebanese place-names. Water, human occupation, religion and the family also hold a prominent position (Peeters 2002)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 719 pages
• Publisher: Peeters Publishers; Bilingual edition (December 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 9042912480
• ISBN-13: 978-9042912489
• Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 7.1 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,460,291 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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