Full-text resources of CEJSH and other databases are now available in the new Library of Science.
Visit https://bibliotekanauki.pl

Refine search results

Journals help

  1. 1 Magyar Nyelvor (Hungarian Language Guardian)

Authors help

  1. 1 Balazs G.

Years help

  1. 1 2008

Results found: 1

first rewind previous Page / 1 next fast forward last

Search results

Search:
in the keywords:  ANTHROPOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF TOPONYMS
help Sort By:

help Limit search:
first rewind previous Page / 1 next fast forward last
1

Toponyms in an anthropological linguistic perspective

100%
Balazs G.
Magyar Nyelvor (Hungarian Language Guardian)
|
2008
|
vol. 132
|
issue 3
348-354
EN
The paper investigates names of settlements, of parts of settlements, and in some cases names of institutions, exploring some aspects of the anatomy of place-names (i.e., the process of their coming into being and the changes they undergo). These aspects are as follows: (1) collective toponyms (common names for groups of places), (2) abbreviated place-names (name distortions), (3) form variants (name distortions), (4) giving new names, (5) folk-etymology (e.g., pejorativisation), and (6) coining variants for place-names (the poetry of toponymy). Recently collected data involve a growing number of new collective toponyms in the wake of regional cooperation; abbreviations and variants of existing place-names keep turning up, and new place-names and variants are generated for various administrative or individual reasons. Furthermore, there are examples of the pejorativisation of place-names (i.e., mockery), but toponyms also provide ground for poetry (poetic competitions or individual resourcefulness).
first rewind previous Page / 1 next fast forward last
JavaScript is turned off in your web browser. Turn it on to take full advantage of this site, then refresh the page.