Principal Tendencies in Formation and Development of Slavonic Ethnonymy Cover Image

Основные тенденции формирования и развития этнонимии славянских языков
Principal Tendencies in Formation and Development of Slavonic Ethnonymy

Author(s): Gennadi F. Kovalev
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Slavistický ústav Jána Stanislava Slovenskej akadémie vied
Keywords: Lingiustics; Ethnonym; Nomination and word-formation; Ethnonymic paradigm; Basic tendencies; Ethnonymic lexicography;

Summary/Abstract: In this work, based on ethnonymy, taken from the sources of the whole written period of Slavonic languages, we analyse the problem of formant changing in ethnonymic evolution and show basic tendencies in wordformation of Slavonic ethnonyms. The evolution of ethnonymic paradigm is also shown, in particular the relationship between choronym and ethnonym, between the derivatives of masculine and feminine gender. In this analysis we suggest the idea of Ethnonymic Dictionary.

  • Issue Year: 31/1996
  • Issue No: 01
  • Page Range: 27-41
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Russian