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Udostępnienie publikacji Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego finansowane w ramach projektu „Doskonałość naukowa kluczem do doskonałości kształcenia”. Projekt realizowany jest ze środków Europejskiego Funduszu Społecznego w ramach Programu Operacyjnego Wiedza Edukacja Rozwój; nr umowy: POWER.03.05.00-00-Z092/17-00.

The author studies Polish and (as far as the sources were available) Indo–European forenames and surnames that are derived from the root word woda ‘water’: among the forenames the author has found only the Latin nickname (cognomen) Aquensis, derivate of an adjective aquensis, -is, -e ‘connected with water’: aqua, -ae ‘water’. Contemporary Polish surnames derived from the root word woda ‘water’ have been written out from Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych [The Dictionary of Surnames Contemporarily Used in Poland], vol. I–X published by Kazimierz Rymut (Kraków 1992–1994) and from Middle Polish period (16th–18th century) from regional surname studies by different authors. In Pomeranian region in Old Polish period (until the end of 15th century) none of the surnames of interest were confirmed, there were also few in Middle Polish period. Relatively many surnames are derived from Upper German noun Wasser and its Lower German equivalent Wader or Water. The written out surnames are presented in derivation lines such as: Woda > Wodak > Wodacki. In the study there are: 1) surnames with double motivation, e.g. Wodan from the name of the main German god or from common noun Woda with suffix -an; 2) compound word e.g. Koliwoda, Paliwoda, Woziwoda, that may be derived from old common nouns (appellatives) paliwoda ‘a very reckless man, a madcap’, woziwoda ‘someone who supplied water to the residents’. Wydane z udziałem środków dziekana Wydziału Filologicznego UŁ

The article discusses the work of German historian Wolfgang Rothe which is valuable for onomastic research regarding the Protestant parishes in the area of the former East Prussia (now the area of the parishes lies partly in Poland and partly in Russia). Born in the family of Salzburg settlers, the laureate of Gołdap prize “Romincki Lynx” with the help of former residents of these areas, and with his work he collected seven volumes (the eighth one in preparation) of very reliable and extensive historical documentation (including onomastic ones: records of names of settlements taken from different documents, settlements list of family names, first names and occupations of inhabitants up to year 1938). Wolfgang Rothe documented also the reality of that time on maps, photographs and plans of the various villages and settlements, supplementing those with the memories of former residents of respective parishes and glossary of interesting lexemes and phrasemes. This material allows filling a number of history white spots (the history of toponymy and anthroponymy) of the area. Wydane z udziałem środków dziekana Wydziału Filologicznego UŁ

Toponymy is a huge collection of geographical names, which consists of: 1. place names, 2. field names, 3. mountain names, so called oronyms, 4. water names, so called hydronyms, 5. city names, so called urbonyms. There is also a division of toponymy into two basic groups: oikonyms, or names of inhabited places and anoikonyms, or names of uninhabited places. According to this classification, the study included only oikonyms. First of all, the aim of this study was to show the characteristic ways of using toponymic names in contemporary news and journalistic press texts. What is more, the author wanted to keep trace of innovations, extralinguistic and intralinguistic errors that occur in using this onimical category. n order to research the presented issue, the author used daily newspapers, mainly from the area of Western Pomerania such as “Głos Szczeciński” (“Voice of Szczecin”), “Kurier Szczeciński” (“Courier of Szczecin”), nationwide newspapers such as “Metro” and weekly TV magazine “Tele Tydzień” (“TV Week”), from year 2010 to year 2012. Udostępnienie publikacji Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego finansowane w ramach projektu „Doskonałość naukowa kluczem do doskonałości kształcenia”. Projekt realizowany jest ze środków Europejskiego Funduszu Społecznego w ramach Programu Operacyjnego Wiedza Edukacja Rozwój; nr umowy: POWER.03.05.00-00-Z092/17-00.

Kashubian Microtoponims come into relationships with the culture, history. They indicates social and ethnic relations. Bilingualism of Kashubians also operates in the naming layer. Kashubian language as the one of the minority languages inscribed on UNESCO’s list of endangered languages is still present in the names of places in the metropolitan area and beyond it. Microtoponymy is often transmitted only in the verbal version but then disappears a consciousness of the origin of the name and its relationship with the designatum. The remaining microtoponyms participate in the creation of the onymical world image which gives information about the local language communities within the multivalent cultural communication union. Udostępnienie publikacji Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego finansowane w ramach projektu „Doskonałość naukowa kluczem do doskonałości kształcenia”. Projekt realizowany jest ze środków Europejskiego Funduszu Społecznego w ramach Programu Operacyjnego Wiedza Edukacja Rozwój; nr umowy: POWER.03.05.00-00-Z092/17-00.

This article presents the names of the forms of nature, particularly monumental trees and boulders and the names of national parks. These are discussed primarily in the context of criteria used in toponymy, but also in terms of onimic motivation, structure and function in order to point out the similarities and differences between them. Udostępnienie publikacji Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego finansowane w ramach projektu „Doskonałość naukowa kluczem do doskonałości kształcenia”. Projekt realizowany jest ze środków Europejskiego Funduszu Społecznego w ramach Programu Operacyjnego Wiedza Edukacja Rozwój; nr umowy: POWER.03.05.00-00-Z092/17-00.

The aim of the paper was to give some notes about Polish linguists who celebrated the jubilee of their private, academic and scientific life, concentrating particularly on the onomastic field of their work. Udostępnienie publikacji Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego finansowane w ramach projektu „Doskonałość naukowa kluczem do doskonałości kształcenia”. Projekt realizowany jest ze środków Europejskiego Funduszu Społecznego w ramach Programu Operacyjnego Wiedza Edukacja Rozwój; nr umowy: POWER.03.05.00-00-Z092/17-00.

The article presents Professor Ernst Eichler, the widely acclaimed German and Slavic linguist and onomast who died in 2012 after 82 years of active life in the bosom of science. The text exposes his achievements from personal, professional and scientific point of view. Udostępnienie publikacji Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego finansowane w ramach projektu „Doskonałość naukowa kluczem do doskonałości kształcenia”. Projekt realizowany jest ze środków Europejskiego Funduszu Społecznego w ramach Programu Operacyjnego Wiedza Edukacja Rozwój; nr umowy: POWER.03.05.00-00-Z092/17-00.

The research of anoikonyms (minor place names, in other terminologies also feature names, field names or microtoponyms) has recently attracted the attention of toponomasticians not only in Slavonic countries, but also worldwide. Regarding the affinity of Slavonic languages it proves to be very useful to study their anoikonymical systems not separately, but with regard to their interrelations. Areal distribution of anoikonyms often crosses the boundaries of states and languages and individual probes indicate that e.g. the differences in frequency and productivity of the same phenomenon occurring both in appellative and proprial language spheres of one language are in many cases major than those between onymical systems in closely related languages. The aim of this paper is to point out these cases and to make an attempt to stimulate a more intense cooperation in this field between Slavonic onomasticians Udostępnienie publikacji Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego finansowane w ramach projektu „Doskonałość naukowa kluczem do doskonałości kształcenia”. Projekt realizowany jest ze środków Europejskiego Funduszu Społecznego w ramach Programu Operacyjnego Wiedza Edukacja Rozwój; nr umowy: POWER.03.05.00-00-Z092/17-00.

This memoir is devoted to Professor Sławomir Gala, who died on December 11, 2013, and whose death filled all his employees and colleagues with deep sadness. The authors give a broad outline of the Professor – an outstanding academic whose research focused on Polish and Slavic linguistics. They also emphasize Professor’s achievements as a valued teacher and science organizer. Udostępnienie publikacji Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego finansowane w ramach projektu „Doskonałość naukowa kluczem do doskonałości kształcenia”. Projekt realizowany jest ze środków Europejskiego Funduszu Społecznego w ramach Programu Operacyjnego Wiedza Edukacja Rozwój; nr umowy: POWER.03.05.00-00-Z092/17-00.

Onomastic studies performed in various research centres either avoid the “micro” or “macro” topics both from the theoretical and terminological aspects, or they have not yet come to any convincing solution. So far, all attempts to find the unequivocal definition have failed. Until today, no clear statement that would answer the core question about “what type of the proprial object and its naming process” should fall under “micro” or “macro” categories exists. Let’s assume that the “micro” and “micro” aspects do not have any relation to any quantitative or physical dimension. Regardless of its “micro” or “macro” aspects, the field name Za mlýnským potokem (Behind the mill’s brook) is a proprium because as a proper name it fulfils the following basic functions in the local communication that are distinctive for propria, and not for appellatives: individualisation, identification, differentiation and localisation. The use and the functions are determined by the specific communication framework (i.e. the actual communication activity), and are exclusively focused on the local proprial system. The particular communication circumstances are of the primary importance for the “micro” and “macro” aspect definition. Udostępnienie publikacji Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego finansowane w ramach projektu „Doskonałość naukowa kluczem do doskonałości kształcenia”. Projekt realizowany jest ze środków Europejskiego Funduszu Społecznego w ramach Programu Operacyjnego Wiedza Edukacja Rozwój; nr umowy: POWER.03.05.00-00-Z092/17-00.

Synchronous and diachronic research approaches regarding components of naming toponymy (toponyms, microtoponyms, urbanonyms, oronyms, hydronyms) allow you to reveal the dynamics of diverse name-forming phenomena at local, regional and interregional language communities of pure or mixed ethnic character. The cumulative methodological approach to study of properties of names in this category must include the following research perspectives: categorical-subjective (from the point of view of theoretical onomastics), cultural-cognitive (from the point of view of cultural onomastics), confrontative (from the point of view of comparative onomastics), and communicative-pragmatic (from the point of view of socioonomastics and pragmatic onomastics). Udostępnienie publikacji Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego finansowane w ramach projektu „Doskonałość naukowa kluczem do doskonałości kształcenia”. Projekt realizowany jest ze środków Europejskiego Funduszu Społecznego w ramach Programu Operacyjnego Wiedza Edukacja Rozwój; nr umowy: POWER.03.05.00-00-Z092/17-00.