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Nazwy własne pokoi zagadek w Polsce
The proper names of Escape Rooms in Poland

Author(s): Martyna Gibka
Subject(s): Applied Linguistics, Studies of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego w Olsztynie
Keywords: linguistics; onomastics; functions of proper names; Escape Rooms

Summary/Abstract: The article discusses the names of Escape Rooms in Poland. The study shows thatthe names of Escape Rooms do not serve only their primary, identifying-differential function,but also a number of secondary roles, for instance, the semantic or localising ones.It has been demonstrated that the features most commonly used by the name-givers arethe characteristics of the named rooms.

  • Issue Year: 20/2019
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 47-55
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Polish