THE OLD TOWN AREA OF THANG LONG - HANOI FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF TOPONYMY

  • Nguyễn Thị Việt Thanh

Abstract

The paper provides an approach to the history of development of the old town of Thang Long - Ha Noi from the place - names aspect. On the basis of the cadastral documents, the land register books and the historical research, the paper describes the painting of the development of the old town through three main stages: the feudal period, the French colonial period and the period after colonial through the formation and transformation system places-names of the administrative units and streets. The reflects of the natural, social and economic conditions, political conditions in the classes of places names in different historical periods were surveyed, analyzed from the qualitative aspects associated with quantitative. Through the classes of place-names as evidences, readers have the opportunity to learn more about the famous area called 36 streets in Hanoi from the linguistics approach.
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Published
2015-06-09
Section
ARTICLES