КУЛЬТУРНАЯ ЦЕННОСТЬ ТОПОНИМИЧЕСКИХ ТЕРМИНОВ И СПОСОБЫ ИХ ПЕРЕДАЧИ
Cultural value of toponymic terms and means of their transmission

Summary/Abstract: Toponyms belong among the oldest living parts of human cultural heritage. Through its meaning and form, toponymic vocabulary reflects national identity of people, their history and mental processes which are mirrored in material and spiritual culture. To preserve the richest lexical material of a given language, it is necessary that the speakers protect the cultural and historical value of geographic names. While being transmitted from one language to another, toponymic terms are subject to numerous transformations and they enter the word stock of recipient languages. This article discusses transliteration and transcription of geographic names, as well as translation of toponyms, including transplantation, calques and explication.

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