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Z zagadnień gramatyki onomastycznej
On the Questions of Onomastic Grammar

Author(s): Zygmunt Gałecki
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: onomastic grammar; names of places; flexion; Polish language; Ukrainian language; Russian language; grammatical correctness; teachers' competence; gramatyka onomastyczna; nazwy miejscowości; fleksja; język polski; ukraiński; rosyjski

Summary/Abstract: The two articles describe discuss some questions of the flexion of local names that are genetically adjectival and functionally nominal, either in Polish or, broadly, within the Slavonic languages. There are two models of flexion that are proper to such names. They result from the adjectival structure of formation and nominal function of names. Among average language users the variant inflectional forms give rise to question about their linguistic correctness. The examples of teachers’ incompetence with regard to onomastic grammar prove that they cannot general language users to understand such problems. The reasons for this state of affairs should be seen in the quality of education and unwillingness to self-education.

  • Issue Year: 57/2009
  • Issue No: 06
  • Page Range: 39-48
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish