Consideraţii privind structura semantică şi lexicală a numelor de botez laice din dobrogea
Remarks on the semantic and lexical structure of the contemporary first names

Summary/Abstract: This article is a semantic and lexical analysis of first names recorded in Dobruja from 1996 to 1999. Many first names with no religious connotation are Romanian creations, but also a lot of them are foreign. The etymon of these first names can denote physical or moral characteristics, can be indicativ of the social status, ethnic or local origin or can be related to the time of birth, parent's feelings. The lexical analysis of the first names considered in this paper reveals the following structures: 1. simple (monothematic): adjectives, nouns, verbs; 2. complex (bithematic): noun+noun, noun+adjective, adjective+noun, verbe+noun; 3. phrazeology. The first names analyzed are often combined with those having religious connotations because of the double name tendency.

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