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Nazwy lokali gastronomicznych w Opawie
Names of dining in Opava

Author(s): Samuela Tomasik
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Applied Linguistics, Sociolinguistics
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: Czech language;onomastics;chrematonyms;names of dining

Summary/Abstract: This article presents proper names of restaurants in Opava. The analysis demonstrates that the ways of nominalisation are based on onymisation and transonymisation, applied to diffrent types of proper names. The presented classification is based on motivational models. The author attempts to answer the following questions: why restaurants are given their names? Who uses such names? Do those names carry any information?

  • Issue Year: XVI/2016
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 125-132
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Polish