The Onymy of Sport and the Transition Zone between Proper and Common Names in the Language of Sport
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19547530 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Artur Gałkowski (0000-0003-2471-0886, University of Lodz, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 190-201 |
| Publication date | 2018-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Вопросы ономастики (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1994-2400 • E-ISSN: 1994-2451 |
| Publisher | Ural Federal University (PUBLISHER • RU) |
| DOI | 10.15826/vopr_onom.2018.15.3.036 |
| OpenAlex | W2902728440 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
The paper presents the results of research into various onomastic phenomena in the language of sport. The author regards the onymy of sport as a specific domain having distinctive typological, cultural and social features. It is significant that some forms of this onymy, at a low level of proprialization, fall in the intersection between proper and common names, whereas others show explicit onomastic ties with various onymic classes. To substantiate these assumptions, the author proposes a classification of the onymy of sport defined broadly in the light of terminology and communication. He distinguishes between five general classes of names: the class of paraonymic lexical units with double status, appellative and proprial (e.g. names of sports, some units of sports terminology); the class of sports anthroponyms (including official and unofficial personal names of athletes, nicknames used in sports communication); the class of sports toponyms (official and unofficial names of places where training and sports competitions take place); the class of sports chrematonyms (names of institutions related to a sport, names of sports clubs and associations, sports commercial names, etc.); the class of deonyms and recycled onyms (transonyms). It is also shown that the names associated with the sports communication are susceptible to social and cultural dynamics: they acquire specific cultural meanings which manifest itself, inter alia, in the nicknames of competitors of various sports
Humanities · Jargon · Linguistics · Lexicography and Language Studies · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2020 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |