Overview: Takes an interdisciplinary approach to politics, religion, ethnicity, culture and language.Explores the intersection of multiculturalism with toponymy, anthroponymy, commercial names, religious names .This edited book examines names and naming policies, trends and practices in a variety of multicultural contexts across America, Europe, Africa and Asia. In the first part of the book, the authors take theoretical and practical approaches to the study of names and naming in these settings, exploring legal, societal, political and other factors. In the second part of the book, the author
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