title: Variability of the language norm in the functioning of toponyms: Problems and contradictions
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metadata.value: Ilyin, Dmitrii Yu.
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metadata.name: dc.contributor.author
metadata.value: Sidorova, Elena G.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2021-03-03T16:54:59Z
metadata.lang: -
metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2021-03-03T16:54:59Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2020-12
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.citation
metadata.value: Ilyin D. Yu., Sidorova E. G. Variability of the language norm in the functioning of toponyms: Problems and contradictions. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Language and Literature. 2020, 17 (4): 615–632.
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu09.2020.408
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.uri
metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/25103
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: The article examines the linguistic content of the language norm related to the spelling of geographic
  proper names. As the basic notion, the authors use Ludmila Verbitskaya’s definition
  of the norm recognizing orthographic standards as a particular case of a language norm. The
  significance of a research in this area is due, firstly, to specificities of spelling norms, and secondly,
  difficulties of proper name codification. The orthographic norms are characterized by a
  significantly higher degree of strictness in comparison with other types of linguistic standards,
  hence, the avoidance of toponymic orthographic doublets creating problems in place-name
  identification. Normally, place names are not present in popular orthographic dictionaries
  and other non-specialized lexicographic sources. Not infrequently, the spelling of a particular
  locality in a codified form can only be found either on geographical maps and atlases or in
  gazetteers and registries of geographical names of a particular region. As a result, the spelling
  norm becomes established in the the native speakers’ linguistic competence primarily through
  the assimilation and application of the corresponding rules. It was revealed that the most significant
  contradictions in the implementation of the spelling norm take place when choosing
  an upper- or lowercase letter in compound proper names, as well as when representing the
  elements of compounds (separately, as one word or hyphenated). The resultss of the present
  research can be used in revision of orthography of both existing and newly formed place
  names to make them concordant with the principles of linguistic ecology.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.description.sponsorship
metadata.value: The study was conducted with the financial support of the RFBR within the framework of the scientific
  project No. 20-012-00217 “Linguistic codes of objects of artificial nomination in toponymic policy of
  the region: problems, contradictions and vectors of development”.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: ru
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Language and Literature;Volume 17; Issue 4
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: modern Russian language
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: language norm
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: toponymy
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: variability
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Variability of the language norm in the functioning of toponyms: Problems and contradictions
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.type
metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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