Word-formation structure of toponyms in languages with different structures

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Doklady Bashkirskogo Universiteta. 2024. Volume 9. No. 3. pp. 101-107.

Authors

Muryasov R. Z.*
Ufa University of Science and Technology
32 Zaki Validi st., 450076 Ufa, Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia
Sakaeva L. R.
Kazan Federal University
18 Kremlevskaya st.. 420008 Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan, Russia

Abstract

Toponyms (names of states and their capitals, continents, regions of countries, megacities, reservoirs, etc.) form the largest class of proper names with a number of structural, grammatical and semantic features. The subject of this article is the analysis of the word-formation structure of toponyms, namely, which lexical and grammatical categories of nouns and adjectives are involved in their formation.

Keywords

  • toponyms
  • anthroponyms
  • hydronyms
  • structural features
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