Characteristic Features of the Formation of Agronyms of Anthroponymic Origin in Marijampolė County Cover Image

Marijampolės apskrities asmenvardinės kilmės agronimų darybos bruožai
Characteristic Features of the Formation of Agronyms of Anthroponymic Origin in Marijampolė County

Author(s): Dalia Sviderskienė
Subject(s): Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Semantics, Baltic Languages
Published by: Lietuvių Kalbos Institutas
Keywords: interwar period; place names; word-building; origin; anthroponyms;

Summary/Abstract: The article offers a detailed analysis of the formation of place names (agronyms) of one sub-class in the interwar Marijampolė County, which have been formed out of anthroponyms, appellatives names of persons, ethnonyms, etc. Agronyms are examined in the context of formation applying classification compiled for hydronyms, by which they are divided into primary and secondary, and the latter are further divided into derivatives (with prefixes, suffixes or endings), compounds and phrasal hydronyms.

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 62-63
  • Page Range: 97-127
  • Page Count: 31
  • Language: Lithuanian