THE INNER FORM OF LODGING ESTABLISHMENT NAMES OF LVIV, KRAKOW, AND VIENNA IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY: DERIVATION AND CLONING

The paper is a study in the field of comparative European socio-cultural onomastics. Following previously elaborated and tested tenets, it centres upon lodging establishment names Lviv, Krakow, Vienna at beginning 20th c., also including relevant data Varsovian onomasticon period. former cities then belonged to Austro-Hungarian Empire; same time, they were part several different historically variable linguistic-cultural areals systems. In particular, author regards their hotel signage as common inventory disembodied proper names, realized by its regional varieties. It author’s contention that genetically, inner form researched double nature, relating what he terms ultimate underlying item, on one hand, other, coincidentally, more or less general stocks national ‘ready-made’ which considers emerging means cloning from precedent prototypal items. As result, name can be both deappellative deonomastic origin. categorial parameters derivation employed include, basically, / distinction, within former, various subtypes toponyms, such cities, countries, regions, large geographical entities, anthropogenic physiogenic chrematonyms, city features immediately associated with hotel, culturally marked anthoponyms. Cross-cutting these are appurtenance, determining geopolitical orientation specific naming, Polish Warsaw (with latter, German, although lesser degree) well Anglo-Saxon Vienna. With evaluative vs. descriptive latter variant specified coinages venue’s locality emblem