Производни структури. Ролята на апелативите при образуването на собствените имена
Derivational Structures. The Role of the Appellatives in the Formation of Proper Nouns

Summary/Abstract: Analyzing the derivation of four words, characterized by concreteness as a semantic feature – 𝑏𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑑, 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑦, 𝑙𝑖𝑝, 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑑, in two aspects (as an appellative and an anthroponym) we notice that the proper nouns have most of the derivatives. Although proper nouns are meaningless, they are not subject to changes that would drive them away from appellatives. The inventory of suffixes and their availability to be attached to a base-toponym or anthroponym are not the only differences noticed between the two categories of proper nouns. The anthroponomy can only form diminutives synthetically by suffixation, while toponyms, in addition to derivational structures of a diminutive meaning, also have analytical structures composed of mere toponyms and the adjective “mic” (small).

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