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SOME VARIANTS OF THE US TOPONYMIC VOCABULARY
Babiyan Tamara Varteresovna1, Borisenko Victoria Alexandrovna2, Samophalova Marina Vladimirovna3
1Southern Federal University, Assistant Lecturer of the Intercultural Communication and Foreign Language Teaching Department of the Southern Federal University
2Southern Federal University, PhD in Philology, Associate Professor of the Intercultural Communication and Foreign Language Teaching Department of the Southern Federal University
3Southern Federal University, PhD in Philology, Associate Professor of the Intercultural Communication and Foreign Language Teaching Department of the Southern Federal University
1Southern Federal University, Assistant Lecturer of the Intercultural Communication and Foreign Language Teaching Department of the Southern Federal University
2Southern Federal University, PhD in Philology, Associate Professor of the Intercultural Communication and Foreign Language Teaching Department of the Southern Federal University
3Southern Federal University, PhD in Philology, Associate Professor of the Intercultural Communication and Foreign Language Teaching Department of the Southern Federal University
Abstract
The article is devoted to the description of peculiarities of the US toponymic vocabulary that represents a huge basis for the study of the history, culture and language of American people. The authors give characteristics of two variants of the US place names vocabulary that perform descriptive, identifying and emotional functions. They include nicknames and abbreviations which along with the official names of the states are considered to be universally acknowledged in the language and widely used by native speakers.
Keywords: abbreviation, descriptive characteristic, identifying function, nickname, place name, semantic approach, toponymic vocabulary
Category: 10.00.00 Philology
Article reference:
Some variants of the US toponymic vocabulary // Modern scientific researches and innovations. 2015. № 11 [Electronic journal]. URL: https://web.snauka.ru/en/issues/2015/11/60199
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