Flexion of identical micro- and macrotoponyms based on the example of selected Polish names Cover Image

Wariantywność fleksyjna mikrotoponimów i mikrotoponimów jednakowo brzmiących na podstawie wybranych polskich nazw miejscowych
Flexion of identical micro- and macrotoponyms based on the example of selected Polish names

Author(s): Iwona Nobis
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: homonymy;microtoponyms;macrotoponyms;variety of homonyms;inflection – genitive singular of masculine onyms
Summary/Abstract: The subject of the article is the flexion of the Polish homonymous names in the masculine. The term “homonyms” means the names of different objects that have the same shape. There are homonyms that have the same form in the nominative, but belong to different paradigms. The homonyms are segregated from the diachronic point of view, considering the sequence of linguistic phenomena over time. Just this episode contributes to the emergence of alternative forms. The homonyms appearance of flexion is rather common, as the homonymyty often occur in the Polish onomastics. For both place names as well as under ordinary nouns in the genitive singular, there are alternative forms.

  • Page Range: 159-168
  • Page Count: 10
  • Publication Year: 2015
  • Language: Polish