Polish-elements in Belarusian onomastics (XIX – beginning XXIth centuries) Cover Image

Польскамоўныя элементы ў беларускай анамастыцы (ХIХ – пачатак ХХI стст.)
Polish-elements in Belarusian onomastics (XIX – beginning XXIth centuries)

Author(s): Iryna Haponienka
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku
Keywords: тапонiмы; антрапонiмы; польскамоўныя элементы; афiцыйны/неафiйцыйны анамастыкон; toponym; anthroponym; Polish-elements;the official/unofficial anamastykon

Summary/Abstract: In the article the Polish influence on Belarusian Onomastic system in the period of the XIX century and the beginning of the XXIth century are investigated. From the XIX and the beginning of XXth centuries two onomastic options are considered separately: the official Belarusian onomasticon presented in Russian documentary records and the unofficial onomasticon, which consisted of newspaper fixations of Belarusian toponyms and anthroponyms in Belarusian-language press of that time. The level of polonization of official and unofficial toponymy and antroponymy and degree of preservation of their Belarusian national identity are analyzed. In respect of the period of beginning of the XXIth century the manifestation of Polish-rice in toponymic and anthroponymic vocabulary group are traced. In toponymy the Polonized traditional forms and the erroneous writing are revealed, in anthroponymy – facial names that stand as monuments to the Belarusian-Polish cultural and historical ties.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 20
  • Page Range: 221-242
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Belarusian