Landscape Terms for Water-Naming Objects in the Microtoponymy of Western Bulgaria Cover Image

Ландшафтни термини за назоваване на водни обекти в микротопоними от Западна България
Landscape Terms for Water-Naming Objects in the Microtoponymy of Western Bulgaria

Author(s): Nadezhda Dancheva
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Lexis, Semantics
Published by: Институт за български език „Проф. Любомир Андрейчин“, Българска академия на науките
Keywords: landscape terms; microtoponymy; toponymization; hydrographic term
Summary/Abstract: The subject of the study are microtroponyms from Western Bulgaria, formed by or with the participation of a hydrographic term. This is a small part of the water-naming objects and related with water objects, which are preserved in the Bulgarian microtoponymy collected during the time. The analysis is based on the etymological and the areal method, as well as on information about their geographical distribution and their reflection in the microtoponymy of Western Bulgaria.