Meaning of urbanonym | Babel Free
ɛɹˈbænoʊˌnɪmEquivalents
Examples
“Due to the peculiar characteristics of their functioning, urbanonyms are instrumental in forming or transforming the historical memory of society. […] If an anthroponym associated with a denotatum contains all the information about it, the goal of the author of a street name⟳ who uses this anthroponym to create⟳ an urbanonym consists in foregrounding a certain layer of information about the primary denotatum, from which this name⟳ was taken for secondary use⟳.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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