Some remarks on cultural connotations of urbanonyms and idiomacity in a contrastive perspective

• Authors: Joanna Szerszunowicz

Title variants

CS

Odkazy na kulturní konotace urbanonym a idiomatičnost v kontrastivní perspektivě

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Urbanonyms, such as street names, square names and names of other places in the city, can carry cultural connotations, which is of great importance in a contrastive perspective. Some urbanonyms have connotations of universal character, while the connotations of others are of national or local character. The typology of cross-linguistic equivalents of urbanonyms carrying cultural connotations is presented and discussed. The knowledge of connotations of proper names including urbanonyms is part of being bilingual and bicultural. The connotative potential of urbanonyms requires a proper lexicographic description which is vital in foreign lanaguge teaching and translation.

Keywords

EN

onomastics; urbanonyms; idiomacity

CS

onomastika

• Publisher: Czech Ethnological Society
• Journal: Národopisný věstník
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 51
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 547-555
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Joanna Szerszunowicz

• Ústav pro jazyk český AV ČR, v. v. i., Letenská 123/4, 118 51 Praha 1, Czech Republic