Микротопонимия Белозерского края как источник изучения истории и культуры региона
Тhe Мicrotoponymy of Belozersk as a Source for the Study of the Region’s History and Culture
Author(s): Natalija TichomirovaSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Vytauto Didžiojo Universitetas
Keywords: appellative; hydronym; historical and cultural zone; concept; micro-toponymy; onym, toponymy; the object of toponymy; linguistic picture of the world.
Summary/Abstract: Study of microtoponymy of different regions is one of the ways of perception of dialectal regional picture of the world. The article is devoted to the regional toponyms which represent the basic concept of culture, i.e. a human being. Geographical names presenting a human being as a community member are studied in the article. The names of rural objects used in documents at the end of the 19th. and at the beginning of the 20th. centuries are analyzed in the article, too. Analysis demonstrated that a social aspect in microtoponymy is showed through information of household of inhabitants of Belozersk region, their professions, former society structure and socio-economic relations.
Journal: Žmogus ir žodis
- Issue Year: 11/2009
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 64-68
- Page Count: 5
- Language: Russian