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-CybulskaSubject(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.
Journal: Slavia Occidentalis
- Issue Year: 2018
- Issue No: 75-1
- Page Range: 97-113
- Page Count: 17
- Language: Polish
