Investigating Ergonym Texture Characteristics from Kazan's Streets Seen Through the Lens of English Language Dependence

Document Type : Research Article

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1 Department of Romance and Germanic Philology, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia

2 Department of the Theory and Practice of Foreign Languages Teaching, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia

3 Department of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure and Forensic Science, Kazan Federal University, Naberezhnye Chelny, Russia

4 Department of Foreign Languages, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia

Abstract

This article focuses on the characteristics of the context of ergonyms of Kazan's central and peripheral streets in terms of linguistic affiliation (the period under study is 2020-2021). For the first time, the concept of "contextual use of an ergonym" is used in this study, by which the authors understand the ergonym itself, that is, the proper name, with an indication of the type of enterprise/institution. In the polylingual region, the language affiliation of an ergonym, as well as the context - other languages or English - are thought to be especially important. According to the findings of the study, the context in other languages only dominates in Kazan's center and on the outskirts. The context with information duplication in other languages and English accounts for 23% of the total number of ergonyms. Context is especially important in English. All official languages are used to present 25% of the context in the outskirts of this study. Consequently, the context in the other language undoubtedly predominates both in the city center and on the outskirts. In comparison, the other language-English duplication accounts for one-quarter of the context. The main distinction between the city center and the periphery is the use of the English language in the context of an ergonym, which is prevalent in the city center but almost entirely absent in the landscape of non-central districts.

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Journal of Research in Applied Linguistics
Volume 14, Issue 3
Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Research in Applied Linguistics (ICRAL 2023), October 30, 2023, Kazan, Russia
October 2023
Pages 76-79

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