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Croatica et Slavica Iadertina, Vol. 17 No. 1, 2021.

Original scientific paper

On Naming, Semiosis, and Toponymy

Mislava Bertoša ; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Philosophy, Department of Linguistics, Zagreb, Croatia

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Abstract

Following the theoretical framework of semiotics of space this paper examines in more detail the semantic opposition between spontaneous and imposed naming of places (Skračić 2011). Use of the Greimasian model of the semiotic square analysis enables to distinguish four basic types of naming: imposed, spontaneous, zonal, and functional. Their characteristics, mutual relations, functions and contexts of use in language are examined and explained further in text.

Keywords

semiosis; semiotic square; toponyms (hodonyms); naming

Hrčak ID:

266301

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/266301

Publication date:

7.12.2021.

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