Generic terms of intrasettlement toponymy (based on the material of onomastic units of Belarus and France)
The article substantiates the relevance of a comparative study of the generic terms of intrasettlement toponymy in different countries. The main terminological designations of words naming the types of intrasettlement geographical objects used in the Russian language onomastic literature are determined (nomenclature term, geographical term). It is shown that there are other terminological designations, which, however, are not widely used and are used to a limited extent in the works of some scientists.The purpose of the work is to establish the general and the particular in the system of Belarusian and French intra-settlement nomenclature terms.Material and methods. The material of our study was the nomenclature terms that are part of the Belarusian and French intrasettlement toponyms (urbanonyms of the cities of Vitebsk and Polotsk of Belarus; Reims and Châlons-en-Champagne of France; viconyms of Polotsk District of Vitebsk Region of Belarus and Reims District of Marne Department of Grand Est of France). The main research methods are comparative, descriptive, field, elements of statistical analysis, combined with such techniques as systematization, observation, generalization and interpretation. Findings and their discussion. The results of comparative analysis of intrasettlement nomenclature terms in Russian and French are presented. Based on the material of Russian and French nomenclature terms, the general and the particular in their composition are established.Conclusion. In the two terminological systems, equivalent designations have been found out. Difficult cases are found in which the selection of an analogue for a generic term is difficult due to the non-identity of the meaning of the translation equivalent. In each national onomastic subsystem, non-equivalent nomenclatural terms have been identified. The national and cultural originality of the compared subsystems of nomenclature terms is illustrated.