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Hobbit Place-names (Paperback)
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Hobbit Place-names (Paperback)
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J.R.R. Tolkien's giving of names has garnered considerable
attention in the linguistic analysis of Tolkien's works. Usually,
however, the focus has been on singling out particular names of
important individuals and places. Thorough analyses of names
(place-names or personal ones) are usually reserved for Elvish
names only. Thus, this book centres on the place-names as found in
the Shire as well as Breeland. All those names that are referenced
on Tolkien's map of the Shire, plus those few that are not found on
the map but mentioned in the text, as well as four from The
Adventures of Tom Bombadil, are analysed as to their possible
"etymologies" against the theoretical backdrop of real-world
English place-name research. Tolkien's "own" (in-world)
etymologies, insofar as they differ from the real-world ones, are
also taken into consideration. Finally, all extant German
translations (Scherf and Krege for The Hobbit, Carroux and Krege
for The Lord of the Rings) of these names are given and, where
necessary, compared. Other media (the films and the Hobbit graphic
novel, in particular) are also covered.
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