L’Autorité et l’autre, parcours toponymiques et méandres linguistiques au Québec
Place names in Quebec stem from three main origins: the native, French and English languages. Along history, these three sources have been diversely combined, according to the geopolitical context in which were established the relations between the cultures which they represented, particularly after...
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Université de Reims Champagne-Ardennes
2008-12-01
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| description | Place names in Quebec stem from three main origins: the native, French and English languages. Along history, these three sources have been diversely combined, according to the geopolitical context in which were established the relations between the cultures which they represented, particularly after these relations were embodied by the Geographical Commission (1912) and the Commission de toponymie (1977). Following the course of history, place names were changed or deleted, expressing political and territorial dynamics through the successive moves of neotoponymical frontiers. Contemporary neotoponymy is variegated and fraught with self-asserting cultural choices. The Commission de toponymie du Québec, which was created nine months after the Parti Québécois acceded to power, greatly contributed to these changes, e.g. by replacing French and English place names with native ones in Northern Quebec, launching a program for adopting new names commemorating the past, creating names as custodians of tradition and cultural heritage, etc. For their part, the highest governmental authorities have created a neotoponymical context by implementing a project of municipal and territorial mergers (2001). For instance, the merger of Métabetchouan and Lac-à-la-Croix initiated a reflection about the links between names, places and politics. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-cf3e984b431d4125bb52fcd730ee1f3d2025-08-20T03:47:37ZengUniversité de Reims Champagne-ArdennesL'Espace Politique1958-55002008-12-01510.4000/espacepolitique.143L’Autorité et l’autre, parcours toponymiques et méandres linguistiques au QuébecFrancine AdamPlace names in Quebec stem from three main origins: the native, French and English languages. Along history, these three sources have been diversely combined, according to the geopolitical context in which were established the relations between the cultures which they represented, particularly after these relations were embodied by the Geographical Commission (1912) and the Commission de toponymie (1977). Following the course of history, place names were changed or deleted, expressing political and territorial dynamics through the successive moves of neotoponymical frontiers. Contemporary neotoponymy is variegated and fraught with self-asserting cultural choices. The Commission de toponymie du Québec, which was created nine months after the Parti Québécois acceded to power, greatly contributed to these changes, e.g. by replacing French and English place names with native ones in Northern Quebec, launching a program for adopting new names commemorating the past, creating names as custodians of tradition and cultural heritage, etc. For their part, the highest governmental authorities have created a neotoponymical context by implementing a project of municipal and territorial mergers (2001). For instance, the merger of Métabetchouan and Lac-à-la-Croix initiated a reflection about the links between names, places and politics.https://journals.openedition.org/espacepolitique/143Quebecplace namelinguistic policyidentitymunicipal mergerneotoponymy |
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| title | L’Autorité et l’autre, parcours toponymiques et méandres linguistiques au Québec |
| title_full | L’Autorité et l’autre, parcours toponymiques et méandres linguistiques au Québec |
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| title_short | L’Autorité et l’autre, parcours toponymiques et méandres linguistiques au Québec |
| title_sort | l autorite et l autre parcours toponymiques et meandres linguistiques au quebec |
| topic | Quebec place name linguistic policy identity municipal merger neotoponymy |
| url | https://journals.openedition.org/espacepolitique/143 |
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