Semantic fluency and regional variation in the hydronyms of the Valencian counties of 'xurra' speech

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  • Antonio Garcia i Osuna Societat d'Onomastica

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https://doi.org/10.7203/qfilologia.20.7519

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The purpose of the current article is to exemplify through the study of natural and artificial hydronyms, whether they are generic place-name or preplace-name, two of the characteristic facts of the hydronimic lexicon: the semantic fluency – one signified is built through more than one signifier, and one signifier is built through more than one signified. These two characteristic facts were already mentioned by the north-american investigator Thomas Glick, in reference to the studies of valencian irrigation system lexicon.

These characteristic facts are referred within of the context of the “xurra” speech in valencian regions that have a castilian-aragonese linguistic basis. The fact of the linguistic variations is studied within these regions, with different lexical and formal results due to the language contact and the hispanic-arabian strate. As an exemple of this, it is shown four outcomes – hocino/hochino/hogina/fuchino – related with the latin etymon F?CE+ INU, ‘gorge, canyon’.

Keywords: “xurra” speech; hydronym; linguistic variation; semantic fluency; strate.

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Antonio Garcia i Osuna, Societat d'Onomastica

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2015-12-29

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Garcia i Osuna, A. (2015). Semantic fluency and regional variation in the hydronyms of the Valencian counties of ’xurra’ speech. Quaderns De Filologia - Estudis Lingüístics, 20, 195–228. https://doi.org/10.7203/qfilologia.20.7519
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Vol. 20 (2015): TOPONÍMIA ROMÀNICA

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