Iz srpske literarne onomastike: imena mužjaka govečeta (Bos taurus) u zbirci pesama Živo blago Radenka Stanića
From the Serbian literary onomastics: The male cattle proper names (Bos taurus) in the poetry collection Living Treasure by Radenko Stanić

Summary/Abstract: The paper discusses the use of proper names of male cattle (Bos taurus) in the poetry collection Living Treasure (Živo blago, 1997) by Radenko Stanić. The author used the real proper names for purebred cattle in the literary text, describing oxen, cows, and other domestic animals on farms in the verses. The goal of the paper is to extract the inventory of zoonyms which are used to name male cattle, to examine the prin¬ciples of the poet’s choice of zoonymic units, as well as their stylistic functions. The analysis has shown that the inventory of oxen zoonyms is comprised of: (1) traditional proper names, which are present in lexicographical sources, as well as in ono¬mastic studies done in the field; (2) modern proper names, which originate under the influence of the urban culture, film, literature, and comics. What is noticeable is the merging of modern zoonymy into rural zoonymy. The stylistic function of proper nouns for oxen is achieved on a meaningful plan ‒ they contribute to the comic outlook on the world and partake in the linguo-cultural range of the poems.

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