Cognitive Toponymy Symposium 3 [final programme] – Perceptual Aspects of Appearance
University of Glasgow (Seminar Room, School of Psychology, 58 Hillhead Street)
Friday 29th May 2015
10:00-10:15 Introductory Remarks [led by Carole Hough]
10:15-11:00 Nick Fay (University of Western Australia) – ‘How people create mutually intelligible signs’
11:00-11:30 Coffee Break
11:30-12:15 Ellen Bramwell (University of Glasgow) ‘Appearance in the history of English: evidence from the Mapping Metaphor project’
12:15-13:00 Leslie Spence (University of Glasgow) – ‘The role of described physical landscape features in topographical place naming’
13:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-14:45 Alison Burns (University of Glasgow) – ‘Appearance in oral names in North-East Scotland’
14:45-15:30 James Butler (University of Glasgow) – ‘Namecrafting: Personal naming strategies as an aid to mental mapping’
15:30-16:00 Tea Break
16:00-17:00 Tony Pollard (University of Glasgow) – ‘War by any other name: The impact of conflict on place names’
17:00-17:30 Concluding remarks and discussion [led by David Simmons]