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The naming of Montville in Queensland, Australia, provides a fitting example of intensive toponymic research and the answering of the five wh- questions. Hannah Smith (n\u00e9e Freeman, b. May 1816, Birtsmorton Worcestershire, England; d. April 17 1901, Montville, Queensland), moved from England to the USA with her family of sixteen children. They settled in the town of Montville Connecticut. However, in 1879 Hannah and some of her sons moved to Queensland, Australia, where they settled at Redland Bay. They moved again in 1893 to the Blackall Ranges where Hannah\u2019s sons Henry and Fred bought a selection of land. The local township was called Razorback, after the steep ridge on which it stands. In the same year, Henry applied to establish a \u201cReceiving Office\u201d (i.e., a Post Office) there. In 1897, he applied to the Under Secretary of the Queensland Post and Telegraph Department to have the name Razorback changed to Vermont. This was rejected, but apparently, at the request of his mother, he reapplied, this time requesting the name be changed to Montville, after their hometown in Connecticut. This request was officially accepted on November 27 1897.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Who named the place? Henry Smith<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 When was the place named? November 27 1897<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Why was it given this particular name? To commemorate the hometown of Hannah Smith\u2019s family<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 What does the name mean? From the French mont = \u201cmountain,\u201d ville =\u201ctown\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Where does the name come from? Transferred from Connecticut, USA.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n In many cases, answers to some or all of the wh- questions may not be found because too long a time has passed since the naming, and\/or the necessary documentation (if it ever existed) has disappeared. Other questions researchers ask include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Did the place or feature have previous names?<\/p>\n\n\n\n \uf099 if so, what are these?<\/p>\n\n\n\n \uf099 for each or these names, the five wh- questions are posed<\/p>\n\n\n\n \uf099 and why any previous names were replaced<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 To which category of toponym does the name belong?<\/p>\n\n\n\n There are also three basic fields or domains of intensive toponymy:<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1. A toponym\u2019s identification<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2. A toponym\u2019s documentation<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3. A toponym\u2019s interpretation<\/p>\n\n\n\n Each of these fields has a number of parameters:<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1. A toponym\u2019s identification (five parameters):<\/p>\n\n\n\n a. its orthographic form(s) (including previous names)<\/p>\n\n\n\n b. its linguistic substance (morphology, syntax, semantics, etymology)<\/p>\n\n\n\n c. the feature type of its generic element<\/p>\n\n\n\n d. the taxon, class, or category of its specific element (based on its semantic components)<\/p>\n\n\n\n e. its location (latitude + longitude)<\/p>\n\n\n\n [For parameters a, b, and c, a sound linguistic knowledge is required]<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2. A toponym\u2019s documentation (three parameters)<\/p>\n\n\n\n a. collected primarily from written sources<\/p>\n\n\n\n b. found preferably in primary sources<\/p>\n\n\n\n c. referenced in standard bibliographic terms<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3. A toponym\u2019s interpretation (two parameters)<\/p>\n\n\n\n a. its \u201cbiography\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n b. based on the most reliable of its documentation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A research method introduced by Jan Tent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-methods"],"yoast_head":"\n
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