ЛИНГВОНИМИКА
LINGUONYMIСS

Summary/Abstract: The language is not only the mandatory, but also one of the main features of any ethnic community. Is is a powerfulattribute of the association and preservation of an ethnic family. However, the literature on linguonymics is limited. Westarted our research of linguonymics between the late 1960s and the early 1970s, with the fi rst research work publishedin 1973. In 1976–1977, the glossary of Slavic languages and dialects was presented to the Institute of Linguistics ofthe USSR Academy of Sciences, which contained more than 600 names of Slavic languages and dialects. This articleaddresses the correlation between linguonyms and ethnonyms, introduces the defi nition of the concept “linguonym”,and explores their structure, variants, and sources.

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