DEANTHROPONYMIC ADJECTIVES WITH THE SUFFIX -OVSKÝ IN THE CONTEXT OF COGNITIVE LINGUISTICS

• Authors: Kesselová Jana
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The subject of the research is deanthroponymic adjectives with the suffix –ovský in Slovak journalistic texts. The research material is a subcorpus of journalistic texts prim-10.0-public-inf with a size of almost 932 million words. The study presents the following research results: (a) the distribution of deanthroponymic adjectives depending on the sphere of action of the person whose name is the motivating unit of the adjective, (b) semantic specifications of deanthroponymic adjectives. The socio-cultural meanings of adjectives are interpreted in the categories of cognitive linguistics (conceptual metaphor and metonymy, categorization, similation, conceptual integration, anthropocentrism, contextual competence).

Keywords

EN

DEANTHROPONYMIC ADJECTIVES; TEXTUAL FUNCTION; JOURNALISTIC TEXT; COGNITIVE OPERATIONS; SLOVAK LANGUAGE

• Publisher: Ludovit Stur Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Slovenská reč (Slovak Language)
• Year: 2025
• Volume: 90
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 51 – 73

Contributors

author

Kesselová Jana

• University of Prešov, Faculty of Arts, 17. novembra 1, 080 78 Prešov, Slovak Republic

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1316-1578

Identifiers

DOI

https://doi.org/10.31577/slovrec.2025.2.3