Consideration about hydronimy, concerning the structure of hydro-names from Dobrudja
Consideration about hydronimy, concerning the structure of hydro-names from Dobrudja
Author(s): Ana MarinSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Ovidius University Press
Keywords: hydronimy; hydro-name; history; society.
Summary/Abstract: This article presents classification and lexical-semantic structure of the hydro-names, with many examples from Dobrudja. There are hydro-names which have their origin in geographic aspects of the places, which name different characteristics of the rivers, which reflects historical-social realities, hydro-names from an anthroponym or created after an event in that place. The second term of the hydro-names can be an anthroponym, a toponym, an adjective, preposition + noun, noun in Genitive or noun + adjective.
Journal: Analele Universităţii Ovidius din Constanţa. Seria Filologie
- Issue Year: 2005
- Issue No: 16
- Page Range: 203-217
- Page Count: 15
- Language: Romanian