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Exploring Rationale and Approach for Dual Naming of East Sea: From Unity to Variety Perspectives

Sun-Bae Kim 1,  Saangkyun Yi 2,  YOUNG HOON KIM 1

1한국교원대학교
2동북아역사재단

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The notation of East Sea is not only to be understood as a cartographic marking on a map but also is to be considered as a synthetic geographical context that implies cultural, political, and symbolic significance. This presents philosophical perspectives of dual naming in toponyms with their geographical values of place names. Thus, this paper discusses the philosophical rationales for the dual naming of the East Sea from contrasting the perspectives of modernism and post-modernism. The post-modernism approach to dual naming of geographical names can be applied to the standardization and unification of geographical names that have been reflected one object to one toponym in the standardization process of geographical naming. Utilization of electronic maps contributes to the dual naming and its multiple notations of geographical features, which enables the notation of place names through zooming in and out without extra effort on electronic maps that is impossible on paper maps. Thus, the principle of multi-naming can be suggested as a rationale for the dual naming notation of the East Sea on electronic maps. From the discussion stated above, it can be inferred that the postmodernism driven multi-toponyms can be a rationale for the dual naming of the East Sea. It is also inferred that the postmodernism perspectives of dual naming on geographical features can be used as an alternative approach that may adjust conflicts caused by the standardization processes of geographical names maintaining the claim of the one object to one name principle.

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