Functional Element „Individual Characteristics“ in the Model Interpretation of the Living Personal Names of Single Persons in Paprad Cover Image

Funkčný člen „individuálna charakteristika“ v modelovej interpretácii živých osobných mien slobodných osôb v Papradi
Functional Element „Individual Characteristics“ in the Model Interpretation of the Living Personal Names of Single Persons in Paprad

Author(s): Miroslav Kazík
Subject(s): Language studies
Published by: AV ČR - Akademie věd České republiky - Ústav pro jazyk český
Keywords: onomastics; living personal names; Paprad

Summary/Abstract: The article analyses individual characteristics in the living personal names of single persons in part of Paprad: Stará Turá Kopanica (western Slovakia). In this location and class are documented individual characteristics according to properties, occupation, previous owner or inhabitant of the house, origin and abode, nicknames arisen from surnames and individual characteristics with different or unclear motivation which make up to 40 % of functional elements “individual characteristics”. 66,67 % of the individual characteristics are without family motivation, 33,33 % are with family motivation, 66,67 % has family motivation after father and 20 % after mother. One of each characteristic is after grandfather and grandmother. Individual characteristic is the second least frequent functional element of single persons in Paprad.

  • Issue Year: LIII/2012
  • Issue No: 53
  • Page Range: 134-141
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Czech