ELEMENTS OF ACADEMIC KNOWLEDGE OF FOLK (NON-ACADEMIC) ORIGINS OF NAMES OF POLISH LOCATIONS Cover Image

O ELEMENTACH WIEDZY NAUKOWEJ W ETYMOLOGIACH LUDOWYCH (NIENAUKOWYCH) NAZW POLSKICH MIEJSCOWOŚCI
ELEMENTS OF ACADEMIC KNOWLEDGE OF FOLK (NON-ACADEMIC) ORIGINS OF NAMES OF POLISH LOCATIONS

Author(s): Ewa Rogowska-Cybulska
Subject(s): Lexis, Historical Linguistics, Western Slavic Languages
Published by: Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
Keywords: folk origin; onomastics; Polish names of locations;

Summary/Abstract: The goal of this article is to present the fundamental types of such pseudo-origins. The collated examples of approximately a thousand of association origins of Polish names of locations, excerpted from various printed and online texts, written questionnaires and oral interviews, indicate three types of non-academic origin employing elements of academic knowledge.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 75-1
  • Page Range: 97-113
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Polish
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