Generic components of toponymic terms in Russian and Czech languages (comparative aspect) Cover Image

Родовые компоненты топонимических терминов русского и чешского языков (сопоставительный аспект)
Generic components of toponymic terms in Russian and Czech languages (comparative aspect)

Author(s): Lukáš Plesnik
Subject(s): Lexis, Semantics, Comparative Linguistics, Western Slavic Languages, Eastern Slavic Languages, Translation Studies
Published by: Polskie Towarzystwo Rusycytyczne
Keywords: toponymy; toponym; generic element; generic term; language transfer; Russian language; Czech language;

Summary/Abstract: The article is devoted to the problems of generic components of toponymic terms of the Russian and Czech languages. The focus of attention is both on the main terms of the studied problem (toponymy, toponym, generic component), and on the issue of linguistic transfer of generic elements and generic terms. The analysis is carried out in the Russian-Czech comparative plan, the generic components of toponymic terms are investigated, related mainly to сhoronyms, oronyms and hydronyms. The language transfer is implemented in the corresponding terms of the receiving language. On the one hand, most of the generic components under study have direct equivalence in the process of transferring from one language to another; however, on the other hand, there are also generic components, which are replaced during the transfer by not completely matching translated generic components, i. e. they are translated using semantically adjacent lexical units with each other.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 175
  • Page Range: 172-184
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Russian