FORMULATION OF QUALITY-QUANTITY RELATIONSHIP IN TOPONYMY BY THE EXPRESSIVE MEANS AND METAPHORS

• Authors: Krsko J.
• Languages of publication: SK

Abstracts

EN

The author of the study deals with the use of metaphor and metonymy in the formation of toponyms. The commonest use in proper nouns is that of resemblance with appellatives known to people from their everyday lives - 'brdo' (harness), 'hreben' (comb), 'sedlo' (saddle), 'nohavice' (trousers), 'noznice' (scissors)… Long distance of the object from the settlement was expressed by people metaphorically, using the names of distant countries and cities - America, Canada, Kamchatka, Peking, Mexico... In some toponyms, the expressive words are used to denote poor-quality soil, too distant objects etc.

Keywords

EN

METAPHOR; METONYMY; ONOMASTIC; TOPONYMS

Discipline

• PHILOLOGY_&_LINGUISTICS: PHILOLOGY & LINGUISTICS

• Publisher: Jan Stanislav Slavonic Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Matica Slovenska
• Journal: Slavica Slovaca
• Year: 2006
• Volume: 41
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 61-68
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Krsko J.

• J. Krsko, Katedra slovenského jazyka a literatúry, Fakulta humanitných vied Univerzity Mateja Bela, Tajovského 40, 974 01 Banská Bystrica, Slovak Republic

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

06SKAAAA01513343