Toponymy in brazilian sign language

Toponymy is the field of Linguistics dedicated to the study of proper names of places (toponyms). This is one of the areas of Onomastics, which studies proper names in general. This study analyzes toponymic signs in Libras that name urban spaces (squares, parks, and leisure spaces) in the City of Rio Branco, State of Acre, Brazil. It taps into the morphological structure and the semantic-motivational aspects of 12 toponymic signs. The study methodology is built on Author 2 (2018, 2019b, 2021a), who drew on Dick’s (1990, 1992) theoretical and methodological framework. The results pointed to a hybrid compound formation in 41.6% of the signs and material culture references as motivation for 42% of them (ergotoponyms). The results are part of the Project “Toponymy in Libras”, developed at Universidade Federal do Acre.