Ойконимите в „Българския топонимен речник“
The Oikonyms in the Bulgarian Toponymic Dictionary

Observations on Name Typology

Author(s): Anna Choleva-Dimitrova, Nadezhda Dancheva, Maya Vlahova-Angelova
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Lexis, Philology
Published by: Институт за български език „Проф. Любомир Андрейчин“, Българска академия на науките
Keywords: oikonyms (settlement names); removed names of settlements; structural classification, typology
Summary/Abstract: The study examines Bulgarian settlement names included in the Bulgarian Toponymic Dictionary’s lexicon, which represent the biggest share of all the dictionary entries. It aims at summarizing the structural types of oikomyms that are to be found in the contemporary Bulgarian oikonymic system. Special attention is also given to names of abandoned or depopulated settlements, whose number is constantly growing, since they continue to be part of the Bulgarian oikonymy. The oikonymic classification proposed here is based on the one traditionally implemented in Bulgarian toponymic research. In the conclusion, the most common structural types of settlement names as well as the most frequent formants are presented.

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