Title:

Names of Austro-Hungarian military units. A study in name policy in the field of military chrematonymy

Creator:

Włoskowicz, Wojciech

Publisher:

Instytut Języka Polskiego Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Place of publishing:

Kraków

Date issued/created:

2020

Description:

280, [1] page ; 23 cm.

Subject and Keywords:

name policy ; names of military units ; Austria-Hungary ; military chrematonymy ; namescheme ; name paradigm ; K.K. ; K.u.K.

Abstract:

The aim of this paper is to discuss selected formal and pragmatic aspects of the Austro-Hungarianmilitary name policy in the last quarter of the 19th and in the early 20th century. In the introductorysection the proprial status of the names of military units (which constitute a part of military chrematonymy)is discussed. An attempt is made to outline the location of these names on the classificatorymap of chrematonomastics as well. A brief discussion of the historical and terminologicalbackground of the Austro-Hungarian military unit names follows. The most important concepts ofthe theory of name and naming policy are outlined. The presentation of the analysed onymic materialcovers unit names included in the officer lists (Schematismen) of the Austro-Hungarian forcesas well as names present in the paper seals (Verschlussmarken). On the basis of the material, polymorphismof the discussed names is shown in the sense that obligatory and facultative elements ofthe names may appear in different ways and within various syntactic name models, depending onthe context (including continuous text within which a name is used). Two main syntactic modelsof the discussed names are proposed. The orthographic and syntactic rules of unit numbering andthe ways of embedding geographical names and names of patrons and honorary regiment owners(Inhaber) into unit names are outlined. The meaning and spelling of the expressions imperial-royal(k.k. = kaiserlich-königlich) and imperial and royal (k.u.k. = kaiserlich und königlich) are explained.

Relation:

Onomastica

Volume:

LXIV (64)

Start page:

121

End page:

148

Resource type:

Text

Detailed Resource Type:

Article

Format:

PDF

Resource Identifier:

10.17651/ONOMAST.64.11

Language:

pol

Language of abstract:

eng

Rights:

Rights Reserved - Free Access

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. May be used within the limits of statutory user freedoms

Access:

Open