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Nazewnictwo czarnogórskich klubów piłkarskich
The Names of Montenegrin Football Clubs

Author(s): Marcin Fastyn
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Semantics, Philology
Published by: Instytut Slawistyki Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: names of football clubs; Montenegro; onomastics; semantics

Summary/Abstract: This article analyses the names of the Montenegrin football clubs taking part in the 2019/20 league competitions. The semantic analysis of their names presented in the study indicates that the most popular pattern is the use of a geographical name (the name of a mountain, river, lake, etc.). Other significant patterns are the use of the names of people (including the names of occupations, inhabitants of a particular region, or famous people associated with the region) and the names of abstract relations between people. Some clubs, mostly from the lowest level in the league system, use only an acronym and the name of their town/village.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 56
  • Page Range: 1-21
  • Page Count: 21
  • Language: Polish