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Kreacje nazewnicze trójmiejskich osiedli mieszkaniowych
The names of Tricity housing development

Author(s): Monika Famielec
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku
Keywords: onomastics; Tricity; the names of development investment

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the names of housing development in one of the most attractive and beautiful regions of Poland which Tricity is. The onomastic material was collected from the catalogue of houses Katalog mieszkaniowy (Trójmiasto i okolice, jesień 2012) and the web site http://dom.trojmiasto.pl/inwestycje. The presented names show us semantic groups, which are exist among these nominations. Most of all gathered names use to theirs nominations existing street names. Expressions referring to nature and relaxations, seaside character as well as expressions encouraging people to buy a flat in a choseninvestment are another very popular groups.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 16
  • Page Range: 95-107
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish