Nazwy odantroponimiczne jako ekspresywne znaki pamięci wiejskiej wspólnoty językowo-kulturowej

Abstract

This article discusses examples of unofficial (nicknames) and official anthroponyms (first names, surnames) of inhabitants of selected villages in southern Poland, used in everyday contacts by members of the local linguistic and cultural micro-community in a manner that is unusual as far as references by proper names are concerned. The source material was obtained during field research and includes short spoken texts illustrating how the discussed vocabulary functions in communication. These types of names have a very limited scope of use, being applied in relatively small areas – in neighborhoods or family environments. Attention was paid to the intention of using this type of vocabulary, the perlocutionary effect resulting from its use and its important, complex function. The use of such transferred names is a way of transposing the content of intergenerational community memory, has an integrating and community-forming function, and informs about the value system of a given linguistic and cultural community. The message within which those words appear clearly becomes more expressive.

Keywords

• deonymization
• appellativeization
• expressive function of language
• expressivism
• Lesser Poland dialect