Kilka uwag o wtórnej funkcji przezwiskowej imion hipokorystycznych z końcowym -'o w mikrosystemie gwarowym Frampola

Abstract

When in the 80’s of the last century the author carried on his study of anthroponymy and zoonymy in the regional dialect of Frampol in the district of Zamość, he paid special attention to proper names of people ending with -‘o like Bartunio, Edzio, Jasio. As it appeared that these, by nature, expressive-hypocoristic proper names of people fulfill two different functions, namely apart from the functions of identification and differentiation they simultaneously fulfill the function of an unofficial surname, i.e. the expressive and ironic and even pejorative functions when referring to older people. An exceptionally pejorative shade of emotional tinge in this regional dialect refers to compounds like Głuchy/Deaf Janio. Slodki/Sweet Franunio. Universality of such ending with -‘o structures fulfilling the functions mentioned above is proved also by nicknames derived from appellatives like Kicio (: kici-kici when calling a cat), Synio (syn/a son). The described phenomenon is interesting both from sociolinguistic and theoretical linguistic points of view.