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Patterns in the Names of Māori Representative Sportsmen in New Zealand, 1884–2007

Matthews, Philip W. (York University, 2009)

Since the late nineteenth century, just over 2,200 men have represented New Zealand in rugby union, rugby league and cricket. Of these men 310 are known to have Māori ancestry. In this paper six questions are asked of ...

Signed Languages, Linguistic Rights and the Standardization of Geographical Names

Matthews, Philip W.; McKee, Rachel L.; McKee, David E. (York University, 2009)

Over the last forty years, there has been considerable international work on country names, their exonyms and their standardization. This work has been based on official written names. In contrast, this paper examines ...