-Ph.D. thesis: Kristin M. Magnussen

How do Faroese street names compare to other Faroese place names? Why are places named, and how do they get precisely the names that they have? The project aims to answer these and other questions by using the corpus of street names resulting from the efforts of Faroese local authorities to define separate addresses for each household since 2002. The new street names in large and small municipalities are compared to street names in the two largest cities, Tórshavn and Klaksvík, as well as to the pre-existing unofficial street names in the villages. Based on surveys and interviews, the thesis describes the reasoning and assessments behind the choice of specific street names that condition user acceptance of these new names.