Zoonymá v komunikácii malej sociálnej skupiny (na materiáli mien psov)

• Authors: Alexandra Chomová

Title variants

EN

Zoonyms in communication of a small social group (with regard to dog names)

• Languages of publication: SK

Abstracts

EN

The paper deals with dog nicknames (and hypocoristics) as a part of the language communication in a small social group. The study characterizes nicknames focusing on their functioning and their perception in language communication from the perspective of the name giver, the group in which the nickname has originated and where it is used, and also its acceptation in respect to the bearer of the nickname (dog) and the users of these nicknames. It also reveals individual preferences in the selection of dog nicknames and hypocoristics due to the nature of group member and dog contacts, or nicknames motivation. The emotional aspect comes up in the most frequent nouns, proper names of the dog, most often in the form of diminutives (as these are used to express positive emotions towards the dog), by which the emotional and social connection of the owner with his/her dog is emphasized. The paper proves an analogy with the functioning of the anthroponymic system of unofficial names.

Keywords

EN

zoonyms; small social group; nickname; hypocoristic; communicative use; acceptance and transfer of the name

Discipline

• PHILOLOGY_&_LINGUISTICS: PHILOLOGY & LINGUISTICS

• Publisher: Institute of the Czech Language, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta onomastica
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 61
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 29-47
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Alexandra  Chomová

• Acta onomastica, redakce, Ústav pro jazyk český AV ČR, v.v.i., Letenská 4, 118 51 Praha 1, Czech Republic