Živé osobné mená z východného Slovenska vo viacslovných spojeniach
Living (unofficial) names from eastern Slovakia in multiword phrases

Summary/Abstract: The paper focuses on the unoficial personal names in the village of Bracovce (easternSlovakia) and their functioning as a component of a multi-word phrase (idiom).It proves to be productive in everyday spoken communication. The role of the livename is not only to identify the person it refers to, but it is also an important psychologicaland sociolological factor. Analysed fixed expressions can be concisely characterizedas phraseological or idiomatical units. These units are semantically more orless close by figurativeness of the official forms of idioms (known in Slovak phraseology).Specific aspect of these units is the unofficial anthroponym as its component.This aspect refers to the relation between onymic and phraseological motivation.The motivation of using the personal names in these unofficial forms of idioms is theattribute expressing mental, physical or working qualities of the person it refers to,it can also refer to a specific situation. The aim of the paper was to capture and recordthe behaviour of unofficial anthroponyms in microsocial background.

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