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Onomastyka w służbie zdrowiu, czyli o nazwach handlowych suplementów diety. Rekonesans badawczy
Onomastics in the Service of Health, or About the Dietary Supplements Names. Reconnaissance Research

Author(s): Samuela Tomasik
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: AV ČR - Akademie věd České republiky - Ústav pro jazyk český
Keywords: names of Polish dietary supplements; chrematonyms; human anatomy

Summary/Abstract: This article presents proper names of Polish dietary supplements. The analysis demonstrates that the ways of nominalisation are based on onymisation and transonymisation, applied to different types of proper names. The presented classification is based on motivational models. The author attempts to answer the following questions: Who uses such names? Do those names carry any information?

  • Issue Year: LV/2016
  • Issue No: 55
  • Page Range: 305-314
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish