An onomastic-sociological analysis of the place names of Szentpéterszeg
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https://doi.org/10.18349/MagyarNyelv.2020.1.71Keywords:
sociology of toponyms, age, gender, name system, name community, knowledge of toponymsAbstract
Questions of the use of toponyms have been giving researchers food for thought for a long time, so it is not surprising that a new subdiscipline has emerged which is called the sociology of toponyms. In this paper I aim to introduce a new case study in order to extend the range of empirical examinations on the sociology of toponyms. I analyse the toponyms of Szentpéterszeg, a village in Hajdú-Bihar County, Hungary, in terms of the following aspects: I explore the impact of gender and age on the knowledge of toponyms, and I classify some elements of the toponym system by their level of familiarity. Finally, I conduct a name community examination, too, by which we can get closer to the definition of the concept of name community.
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