<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The article analyses the motivation and word­formation structure of the name of the <italic>sunflower</italic> (bot. Helianthus annuus L.) in dialects of Slavonic languages according to the data given in the Slavonic Linguistic Atlas and in the national dialectal atlases. The characteristic reaction of this plant of American origin to the sunlight motivated the emergence of its names with a word­stem, which is continuation of the Proto Slavonic stem *<italic>sъln-</italic> in the entire Slavonic language territory. The word­formation type ‘derivative base + derivation suffix’ is typical for the West Slavonic, Slovenian, Ukrainian and Belarusian dialects. For Russian dialects, the characteristic word­formation model is ‘derivation prefix + derivative base + derivation suffix’. Composites like <italic>suncokret</italic>, <italic>suncogled</italic>, parallel to the structurally same Italian names <italic>girasole</italic>, <italic>mirasole</italic> and Greek name <italic>heliotropion</italic>, are typical for dialects of the South Slavonic macro­area (except Slovenian and part of the Croatian dialects).</p></abstract>

The article analyses the motivation and word­formation structure of the name of the sunflower (bot. Helianthus annuus L.) in dialects of Slavonic languages according to the data given in the Slavonic Linguistic Atlas and in the national dialectal atlases. The characteristic reaction of this plant of American origin to the sunlight motivated the emergence of its names with a word­stem, which is continuation of the Proto Slavonic stem *sъln- in the entire Slavonic language territory. The word­formation type ‘derivative base + derivation suffix’ is typical for the West Slavonic, Slovenian, Ukrainian and Belarusian dialects. For Russian dialects, the characteristic word­formation model is ‘derivation prefix + derivative base + derivation suffix’. Composites like suncokret, suncogled, parallel to the structurally same Italian names girasole, mirasole and Greek name heliotropion, are typical for dialects of the South Slavonic macro­area (except Slovenian and part of the Croatian dialects).

Motivácia A Slovotvorná Štruktúra Pomenovania <italic>Slnečnice</italic> V Slovanských Jazykoch

Jazykovedný ústav Ľudovíta Štúra Slovenskej akadémie vied

Journal of Linguistics/Jazykovedný casopis

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Motivácia A Slovotvorná Štruktúra Pomenovania  V Slovanských Jazykoch

The article analyses the motivation and word­formation structure of the name of the sunflower (bot. Helianthus annuus L.) in dialects of Slavonic languages...

Motivácia A Slovotvorná Štruktúra Pomenovania Slnečnice V Slovanských Jazykoch

Published Online: Mar 12, 2019

Page range: 359 - 370

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jazcas-2019-0016

Keywords
Slavonic languages, dialectal lexicon, wordformation model, linguistic geography

© 2018 Adriana Ferenčíková, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Motivácia A Slovotvorná Štruktúra Pomenovania Slnečnice V Slovanských Jazykoch

Published Online: Mar 12, 2019

Page range: 359 - 370

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jazcas-2019-0016

KeywordsSlavonic languages, dialectal lexicon, word­formation model, linguistic geography

© 2018 Adriana Ferenčíková, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
Slavonic languages, dialectal lexicon, wordformation model, linguistic geography