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Номинативные особенности виконимии белорусско-российского приграничья
Nominative features of a viconymy of the Belarusian-Russian border zone

Author(s): Marina Dorofiejenko
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku
Keywords: виконимия; топонимия; принцип номинации; индекс частотности; приграничье

Summary/Abstract: In the article viconymy (intrarural names) of the Belarusian-Russian border zone are analyzed. The author has examined the names of streets of Lyoznensky district rural settlements in Vitebsk region and Rudnyansky district in Smolensk region. The basic principles of the nomination to which the studied names correspond are defined, lexico-semantic subgroups of viconyms and priority motivation signs are revealed. Nominative features of a rural godonymy of the analyzed region are established: peculiar as well as general features for each nominative system are revealed.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 18
  • Page Range: 109-120
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Russian