Trying To Analyse The Language And Culture Of Place Names Of Yongzhou

Place names are the proper noun in language. Place names which havemuch transnormal geographical information are the indications and appellationsthat people give to the geographical entities of some areas and their orientationfor some specific terrain. Yongzhou is one of the four great and famous historicaland cultural cities in Hunan. It is centuries-old in history and abundant in itscultural inside information. It has its expansive area and numerous place names.By synthetically textual-researching into many place names of Yongzhou, thispaper classifies and sums up their formation and superficially analyses theirlingual phenomena and searches after the local history and culture.The paper is divided into five parts. The introduction includes a summaryof the research for place names, a survey of Yongzhou and the actualities of theresearch into the place names of Yongzhou. Chapterâ… depicts the cause offormation and the evolvement of two names for one place in Yongzhou. Chapterâ…¡classifies the place names of Yongzhou according to nomenclature. Chapterâ…¢analyses their lingual phenomena. Chapterâ…£makes us apperceive the history,and culture from the place names of Yongzhou.