Peter E Raper
Biographic Data
| ID | 5904011 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Peter E Raper |
| GIVEN NAMES | Peter E |
| FAMILY NAME | Raper |
| SIGNATURE | RAPER P E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the Free State |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1983 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Indigenous Common Names and Toponyms in Southern Africa
The primary process of toponymic formation by the earliest indigenous inhabitants of the African sub-continent, the Bushmen and Khoikhoi, was evolutionary. Due to their primary onomastic function, descriptions or common names that identified and referred to geographical features gradually lost their descriptive or lexical semantic relevance and assumed the status of proper names. Physical and cultural contact, including language contact, took pla…
Bushman (San) cognates of Herero place-name elements
An analysis of Herero toponyms sheds new light on linguistic, cultural and other correspondences in the vocabularies of a variety of peoples inhabiting Southern Africa over many thousands of years. Evolutionary processes as primary toponymic formatives were determined by environmental and cultural conditions. Semantic and phonological comparison of Herero place-name elements with recorded Stone Age hunter-gatherer lexemes indicates cognates: ling…
Translations as key to the meanings of Khoisan hydronyms
Until some 2 000 years ago, the Bushmen (San) were the only inhabitants of southern Africa, and all place-names in the region were derived from San words. Biological and cultural interaction took place between the San and Khoikhoi, African and European peoples who then began to enter the region. This resulted in language borrowings and shifts which also influenced the toponyms of the region, older names being adapted, replaced or translated. In d…
The Ethnonyms ≠Aunin, Topnaars, and !Naranin
The ≠Aunin, also called Topnaars and !Naranin, are an exceptional people, currently regarded as Nama (Khoikhoi) but thought to be originally San (Bushmen). They inhabit the Walvis Bay area and Kuiseb Valley in Namibia, and live primarily from fishing, and from harvesting the seeds of !nara (Acanthosicyos horrida) plants. Various explanations of the names ≠Aunin and Topnaars have been encountered, the most popular linking the former to the Khoikho…
Descriptive Zulu Placenames of San Origin
Although the meanings of Zulu placenames are important as part of the culture of the Zulu people, these meanings are frequently uncertain, and various interpretations of a name are sometimes encountered. The reason is that many names, particularly those of natural features such as watercourses and mountains, are ancient, in the present KwaZulu-Natal frequently being of Bushman (or San) origin, but subsequently adapted into the Zulu phonological a…
The Component Kwa- in Zulu Placenames Derived from Khoisan
The prefix Kwa occurs in many Zulu placenames, indicating “the place of,” frequently referring to a person or personified feature. In composite placenames derived from Khoisan but adapted into the Zulu phonological and orthographic system, the component Kwa is often found to be a folk etymological adaptation of a Khoisan word, sometimes with the same lexical meaning as the other component of the name. In placenames of the latter sort, the prefix …
Tshwane, a San Name for Pretoria, South Africa
Tshwane is the Tswana name for the Apies River. This name has been used by Tswana speakers for many years also to refer to the city of Pretoria. In the process of the transformation of geographical names in South Africa, the name Tshwane has been proposed as a replacement for the name Pretoria. Various explanations of the meaning of the name Tshwane have been suggested, but most have been discarded on linguistic grounds. On the basis of the river…
Introduction to the Standardization of Geographical Names
New' Light on an Old Land
Onomastics in Other Countries
There are three primary bodies in South Africa which deal with names. They are the South African Centre of Onomastic Sciences (SACOS), the National Place Names Committee (NPNC), and the Names Society of Southern Africa (NSA). There is a measure of co-operation between them. For instance, research staff members of the SACOS serve on the NPNC and are members of the NSA; members of the NPNC are members of the NSA, and so forth. The aims, scope, comp…
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Onomastics in Other Countries
There are three primary bodies in South Africa which deal with names. They are the South African Centre of Onomastic Sciences (SACOS), the National Place Names Committee (NPNC), and the Names Society of Southern Africa (NSA). There is a measure of co-operation between them. For instance, research staff members of the SACOS serve on the NPNC and are members of the NSA; members of the NPNC are members of the NSA, and so forth. The aims, scope, comp…
New' Light on an Old Land
Introduction to the Standardization of Geographical Names
Tshwane, a San Name for Pretoria, South Africa
Tshwane is the Tswana name for the Apies River. This name has been used by Tswana speakers for many years also to refer to the city of Pretoria. In the process of the transformation of geographical names in South Africa, the name Tshwane has been proposed as a replacement for the name Pretoria. Various explanations of the meaning of the name Tshwane have been suggested, but most have been discarded on linguistic grounds. On the basis of the river…
Descriptive Zulu Placenames of San Origin
Although the meanings of Zulu placenames are important as part of the culture of the Zulu people, these meanings are frequently uncertain, and various interpretations of a name are sometimes encountered. The reason is that many names, particularly those of natural features such as watercourses and mountains, are ancient, in the present KwaZulu-Natal frequently being of Bushman (or San) origin, but subsequently adapted into the Zulu phonological a…
The Component Kwa- in Zulu Placenames Derived from Khoisan
The prefix Kwa occurs in many Zulu placenames, indicating “the place of,” frequently referring to a person or personified feature. In composite placenames derived from Khoisan but adapted into the Zulu phonological and orthographic system, the component Kwa is often found to be a folk etymological adaptation of a Khoisan word, sometimes with the same lexical meaning as the other component of the name. In placenames of the latter sort, the prefix …
Translations as key to the meanings of Khoisan hydronyms
Until some 2 000 years ago, the Bushmen (San) were the only inhabitants of southern Africa, and all place-names in the region were derived from San words. Biological and cultural interaction took place between the San and Khoikhoi, African and European peoples who then began to enter the region. This resulted in language borrowings and shifts which also influenced the toponyms of the region, older names being adapted, replaced or translated. In d…
The Ethnonyms ≠Aunin, Topnaars, and !Naranin
The ≠Aunin, also called Topnaars and !Naranin, are an exceptional people, currently regarded as Nama (Khoikhoi) but thought to be originally San (Bushmen). They inhabit the Walvis Bay area and Kuiseb Valley in Namibia, and live primarily from fishing, and from harvesting the seeds of !nara (Acanthosicyos horrida) plants. Various explanations of the names ≠Aunin and Topnaars have been encountered, the most popular linking the former to the Khoikho…
Bushman (San) cognates of Herero place-name elements
An analysis of Herero toponyms sheds new light on linguistic, cultural and other correspondences in the vocabularies of a variety of peoples inhabiting Southern Africa over many thousands of years. Evolutionary processes as primary toponymic formatives were determined by environmental and cultural conditions. Semantic and phonological comparison of Herero place-name elements with recorded Stone Age hunter-gatherer lexemes indicates cognates: ling…
Indigenous Common Names and Toponyms in Southern Africa
The primary process of toponymic formation by the earliest indigenous inhabitants of the African sub-continent, the Bushmen and Khoikhoi, was evolutionary. Due to their primary onomastic function, descriptions or common names that identified and referred to geographical features gradually lost their descriptive or lexical semantic relevance and assumed the status of proper names. Physical and cultural contact, including language contact, took pla…
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