Interlingual references in the light of toponyms of Polish-Ruthenian borderland Cover Image

Odniesienia międzyjęzykowe w świetle nazw miejscowych pogranicza polsko-ruskiego
Interlingual references in the light of toponyms of Polish-Ruthenian borderland

Author(s): Włodzimierz Wysoczański
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Philology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego w Olsztynie
Keywords: Polish-Ruthenian borderland;toponym;Polish-Russian interlingual references

Summary/Abstract: This article shows interlingual references in the context of toponyms of borderlands. Synthesizing approach reflects specificity of Polish-Ruthenian borderland concerning onymic categories of linguistic and cultural sign in the borderland, specific features of toponyms in Polish-Eastern- Slavonic borderland, and the analysis of the oikonymy in Polish-Ruthenian borderland. The latter cognitive complex basically includes following matters: research on the toponyms of Polish- Ruthenian borderland, the way their formation was influenced by the contacts of various ethnolects, the conditioning of toponymy in Polish-Eastern-Slavonic borderland, the localisation of toponyms, transitional oikonymic system, coexistence of official and unofficial names, translation of toponyms.

  • Issue Year: 2006
  • Issue No: XI
  • Page Range: 307-329
  • Page Count: 23
  • Language: Polish