Cultural inspirations in modern official names of rural streets in the Province of Podkarpacie Cover Image

Inspiracje kulturowe we współczesnych oficjalnych nazwach wiejskich ulic w województwie podkarpackim
Cultural inspirations in modern official names of rural streets in the Province of Podkarpacie

Author(s): Ewa Oronowicz-Kida
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: official rural plateonymy;cultural onomastics
Summary/Abstract: In 1989, that was the turning point in political and economic terms, a new, never encountered before category of proper name occurred in villages of the Province of Podkarpacie, namely, official street names. In the set of almost 900 onims, you may spot cultural inspirations that accompanied their occurrence. On the discussed area the cultural influence was of general nature (traditional sources of inspiration: historical figures, biblical and literary ones) and local nature (sources rooted in the rural culture: names of parts of the village and hamlets; forenames and surname of people who belong to the history of the village or the neighbouring region). In total the names inspired with cultural phenomena constitute 43% of all names under analysis. Preponderance of commemorative, especially discretionary, names of local significance over the commemorative names of the domestic nature and domination of onims of historical origin among the erudite names as well as slow opening to being inspired with contemporary mass culture, represent specific characteristic features of the official rural plateonymy in the Province of Podkarpacie

  • Page Range: 253-262
  • Page Count: 10
  • Publication Year: 2015
  • Language: Polish