A Phono-Rhetorical Study of Oronyms in English
Oronym is a kind of wordplay where phrases that sound the same are comically used. This study investigates oronyms in English by analyzing their phonological aspects employed to make rhetorical effect, exploring their production mechanism, and constructing a phono-rhetorical model for analyzing them.
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Историко-этнолингвистические истоки формирования микротопонимики Славянщины [PDF]
The ethno-linguistic origins of formation of miсrotoponymy of Sloviansk area and its regional features are explores in the article; the author states that an overwhelming number of language units have Turkic origin; as it turns out the Sloviansk ...
Shvydkaia, Nadezda; Donbas State Teacher Training University
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Oronyms of Monsalvat and Valhalla in Dramaturgy of Wagner’s New Myth “Lohengrin” [PDF]
The paper deals with the following elaboration levels of opera myth in Wagner’s “Lohengrin”: the semantic functions of the Monsalvat and Valhalla oronyms, concentric dramaturgy as a sign of the reverse time of the chronotope-sacra. The research is based on the principles of mythooperology, musical onomatology, encyclopedic, intro- and extra ...
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Śląskie uniwersalia onimiczne na przykładzie nazw geograficznych pochodzących od nazw ptaków [PDF]
The subject matter of this paper is the geographic names of Silesia derived from the names of birds. Polish and German appellative-derived names of inhabited and uninhabited buildings, as well as oronyms and hydronyms have been analysed.
Danuta Lech-Kirstein +1 more
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Latin Tetrica in etymological perspective
This article analyzes the oronym Tetrica, located by Roman authors in the country of the Sabines. After the documentation and possible relatives in Latin, five hypothetical Indo-European etymologies are discussed, with a special stress on both word ...
Blažek, Václav
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Du mont Potala au mythe du Déluge dans l'"Asia Polyglotta" de J. Klaproth
From the 17th century onwards, research into the historicity of a vast flood, whether local or universal in nature, led European Orientalists to investigate the redactional history of the various mythological versions of the Purāṇas, and induced ...
Ducœur, Guillaume
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Oronyms of Central European Mountains Divided by national boundaries [PDF]
A lot of confusion is encountered in coarse-scale maps in atlases from English speaking countries as regards oronyms of the mountains situated at the edge of the Bohemian Massif. Political and administrative boundaries often cut these regions. There is no general rule: either only trans boundary oronyms spelled in randomly chosen language are shown, or
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Revisiting the Mongolian Stratum of Kazakh Place Names
The study examines a representative sample of toponyms located in the territory of Kazakhstan, that can potentially be of Mongolian origin. These toponyms are classified into three categories: 1) settlement names (oikonyms), 2) water body names ...
Anna V. Dybo +5 more
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Mythological context of folk etymology: hydronyms and oronyms in the Khakass non-fairy prose [PDF]
The author analyzes the main types of plots of toponymic legends that have become wide-spread among the Khakass people and are of artistic and historical value. The toponymic space of the Khakass non-fairy prose is considered for the first time. Of particular interest are the toponymic legends about rivers and lakes.
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Toponyms in Bilingual Lexicography on the Example of the Hrvatsko-francuski rječnik by Jean Dayre, Mirko Deanović and Rudolf Maixner (1996 reprint, according to the 2nd edition 1960) [PDF]
U radu se istražuju toponimi sadržani u hrvatskome stupcu Hrvatsko-francuskoga rječnika Jeana Dayrea, Mirka Deanovića i Rudolfa Maixnera i to u pretisku objavljenome 1996. (prema 2. izdanju iz 1960.).
Franić, Ivana, Bilić, Josip Bruno
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