From Paul the Octopus to Achilles the Cat – Proper Names of Animals Which Predict the Outcomes of Sports Competitions
In this paper, proper names of animals which predicted the outcomes of sports competitions are analyzed. A representative corpus containing over 200 zoonyms has been collected by means of excerpting from numerous, mostly online sources from different countries. The corpus is classified in line with...
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Hrvatska Akademija Znanosti i Umjetnosti
2020-01-01
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| description | In this paper, proper names of animals which predicted the outcomes of sports competitions are analyzed. A representative corpus containing over 200 zoonyms has been collected by means of excerpting from numerous, mostly online sources from different countries. The corpus is classified in line with the semantic-motivational criterion (i.e. according to the meaning of the word or stem from which an individual zoonym was formed), while determining the shares of individual motivational groups. The results of the analysis are compared with the results of research of other zoonymic layers with the aim of determining the specificities of animal namegiving. The paper is accompanied by an alphabetical list of collected zoonyms with information about the type of animal, the country where the animal lived when it predicted the outcomes of sports competitions and the sports competition the outcome of which it predicted. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-35756806174c49e09e98648442f941d22024-04-15T16:42:08ZdeuHrvatska Akademija Znanosti i UmjetnostiFolia Onomastica Croatica1330-06951848-78582020-01-01297312110.21857/mwo1vcjv7yFrom Paul the Octopus to Achilles the Cat – Proper Names of Animals Which Predict the Outcomes of Sports CompetitionsJoža Horvat0Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovljeIn this paper, proper names of animals which predicted the outcomes of sports competitions are analyzed. A representative corpus containing over 200 zoonyms has been collected by means of excerpting from numerous, mostly online sources from different countries. The corpus is classified in line with the semantic-motivational criterion (i.e. according to the meaning of the word or stem from which an individual zoonym was formed), while determining the shares of individual motivational groups. The results of the analysis are compared with the results of research of other zoonymic layers with the aim of determining the specificities of animal namegiving. The paper is accompanied by an alphabetical list of collected zoonyms with information about the type of animal, the country where the animal lived when it predicted the outcomes of sports competitions and the sports competition the outcome of which it predicted.https://hrcak.srce.hr/file/361451zoonomasticszoonymyurban zoonymyanimal proper namesproper names of animals which predicted sports competitions outcomessemantic- motivational analysis |
| spellingShingle | Joža Horvat From Paul the Octopus to Achilles the Cat – Proper Names of Animals Which Predict the Outcomes of Sports Competitions Folia Onomastica Croatica zoonomastics zoonymy urban zoonymy animal proper names proper names of animals which predicted sports competitions outcomes semantic- motivational analysis |
| title | From Paul the Octopus to Achilles the Cat – Proper Names of Animals Which Predict the Outcomes of Sports Competitions |
| title_full | From Paul the Octopus to Achilles the Cat – Proper Names of Animals Which Predict the Outcomes of Sports Competitions |
| title_fullStr | From Paul the Octopus to Achilles the Cat – Proper Names of Animals Which Predict the Outcomes of Sports Competitions |
| title_full_unstemmed | From Paul the Octopus to Achilles the Cat – Proper Names of Animals Which Predict the Outcomes of Sports Competitions |
| title_short | From Paul the Octopus to Achilles the Cat – Proper Names of Animals Which Predict the Outcomes of Sports Competitions |
| title_sort | from paul the octopus to achilles the cat proper names of animals which predict the outcomes of sports competitions |
| topic | zoonomastics zoonymy urban zoonymy animal proper names proper names of animals which predicted sports competitions outcomes semantic- motivational analysis |
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