Unofficial Name-List of the Urban Residents of the Belorussian Lake District in the Areal Aspect

Abstract

The article reveals areal features of the unofficial name-list of the urban residents of Belorussian Lake District in three ethnical and cultural parts: Belorussian-Lithuanian-Latvian border zone, central parts of Vitebsk region, and Byelorussian-Russian border zone. The study is based on the author’s classification of unofficial anthroponyms. The mapping method of describing intralinguistically motivated unofficial personal names has been used for the first time. Personal name-forms of different operating frequency are characterised in actual, inert zone and the zone of the unit coverage, which emphasises complex nominative priorities in the land area under study. Refs 14. Figs 3. Tables 2.