Zoonimia schroniskowa w perspektywie językowej i kulturowej (na przykładzie nazw psów w Rosji)
Shelter Zoonymy from a Linguistic and Cultural Perspective (Based on Dog Names in Russia)

Summary/Abstract: The study analyzes the onomastic and cultural context of names given to dogs housed in Russian shelters in 2024. The aim of the study is to demonstrate that these names serve not only an identifying function, but also cultural and emotional ones, expressing human empathy for animals. The theoretical section of the article presents the basic characteristics of zoonymy as a subdiscipline of onomastics. The empirical section analyzes a catalog of 145 names of Russian shelter dogs, classifying them semantically. The results indicate that zoonyms inspired by human names are most frequently chosen, reflecting the process of humanizing animals and changing social perceptions of their role.

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