上海地名研究的理论视角、问题取向及趋势展望

Theoretical Perspective,Problem Orientation and Trend Prospects of Shanghai Geographical Names Research

城市地名是地域文化的重要载体,也是城市语言景观的重要组成部分。现有上海地名研究的理论视角及问题取向主要涉及上海地名的历史学考证、上海地名的文化渊源与文化特征分析、上海地名与城市地名规划、上海地名文化遗产保护等方面。从总体上看,上海地名研究的主要特征可以概括为:注重地名的历史学考察,地名的语言地理学研究有所欠缺,地名与当代城市建设研究的视角较为单一,重现象描写而缺深入解释等。今后上海地名研究的趋势走向可侧重于全球化的社会语言学及多语生态背景下的上海地名研究、符号景观理论视域下的上海地名研究、GIS等现代技术的运用等方面。

City geographical names are an important carrier of regional culture and an important part of the urban linguistic landscape.The existing theoretical perspectives and problem orientations of Shanghai geographical names research mainly involve the historical textual research of Shanghai geographical names,the analysis of the cultural origin and cultural characteristics of Shanghai geographical names,the planning of Shanghai geographical names and city geographical names,and the protection of Shanghai geographical names cultural heritage.From an overall point of view,the main characteristics of Shanghai geographical names research can be summarized as four points:focus on historical survey of geographical names,lack of due attention from the perspective of linguistic geography,single perspective of geographical names and contemporary urban construction,and emphasis on description of phenomena but lack of in-depth explanation.The future trend of Shanghai geographical names research is mainly manifested in the research of Shanghai geographical names under the background of global sociolinguistics and multilingual ecology,the research of Shanghai geographical names from the perspective of symbolic landscape theory,and the application of modern technologies such as GIS.