Folia onomastica Croatica, No. 28, 2019.
Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.21857/yk3jwhrnp9
On the Methodology of the Research of Croatian Pre-Slavic Toponyms
Dubravka Ivšić Majić
orcid.org/0000-0001-5971-6407
; Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje
Abstract
Pre-Slavic toponyms are the oldest stratum of Croatian toponymy. Due to inadequate
methodology, pre-Slavic origin is sometimes also attributed to those toponyms
which do not belong to this group. In this paper the author discusses the
criteria for attributing Pre-Slavic origin to certain toponyms. The criteria are both
linguistic (ancient sources, etymology, borrowing before 9th c., parallel formation)
and non-linguistic (the size and importance of a particular toponym, archaeological
finds). Our paper highlights the differences between the methodological
approaches to pre-Slavic toponyms that were recorded in ancient sources and
those which were recorded for the first time in more recent sources. Criteria for
attributing pre-Slavic origin to toponyms that were first recorded only in newer
sources have been derived from the regularities established through systematic
analysis of toponyms found in ancient sources. Special attention is given to the
description of the onomastic continuity of pre-Slavic toponyms.
Keywords
toponyms; pre-Slavic toponyms; onomastic methodology; origin of Croatian toponyms; onymic continuity; toponomastic sources
Hrčak ID:
229578
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Publication date:
11.12.2019.
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