Lithuanian Female Personal Names as Cultural Names Derived from Common Nouns from the Point of View of Speakers of Lithuanian as a Heritage Language
Year: 2022
Type: article
Abstract: There are Lithuanian female personal names derived from common nouns, as, for example the name Audra which cames from audra (storm). This kind of names corresponds to conventional female personal names, and some of them are exclusive to Lithuanian culture. Moreover, precise information provided by informant evinces that Onomastic Knowledge is part and parcel of their linguistic proficiency in Lithuanian as a heritage language showing that it is interesting for Onomastic to also consider popular knowledge and beliefs toward personal proper names.
Source: Acta Linguistica Lithuanica
DOI: 10.35321/all86-06
Author: Márcia Sipavicius Seide
Language: English
Topic: Language and Culture
Subfield: Linguistics and Language
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4293179296