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Jeszcze o Stumetrówkach jako nieoficjalnych nazwach miejskich na Białorusi, w Rosji i na Ukrainie
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Author(s): Marcin Kojder
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: proper name; urbanonym; unofficial name; Belarus; Russia; Ukraine; media; Internet

Summary/Abstract: The author presentes the unofficial urbanonyms on the example of nameStumetrowka (ukr. Стометрівка, rus. Стометровка) in few cities in Belarus,Russia and Ukraine. The motivation, the name-formation process and its functionhave been explined on the material acquired through the Internet query as well asoral interviews.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 11
  • Page Range: 200-215
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish