%0 Journal Article
%T The Social Structure of Oikonyms. The Territorial and Administrative Reorganisation of the Romanian state by Decree no. 799/1964
%A OVIDIU-CONSTANTIN CRAIU
%J Revista Roman£¿ de Sociologie
%D 2012
%I Romanian Academy
%X This article provides a comparative approach, from a psycho-social perspective,of the change of locality names. Two long periods were analysed: the Communistdictatorship period and the period following the 1989 events. By using the case studyand social document review methods, we proved that oikonyms have a polymorphicsocial structure. In the last part of the article, we showed the current social trends withrespect to the renaming of human settlements. From a theoretical point of view, thestudy is founded on the social memory theories.
%K toponym
%K oikonym
%K memory
%K ' social memory
%K locality name
%K collective memory
%K Decree No. 799/1964
%U http://www.revistadesociologie.ro/pdf-uri/nr.1-2-2012/06-COviudiu.pdf