Nadutenko M. Oikonymy of Dnepropetrovsk region

Object - oikonymy recorded in the territory of the Dnipropetrovsk region in the administrative-territorial reference books, dictionaries, maps, historical and historical-statistical sources of XVI - XXI century volume of 2766 units; goal - to find out the origin and identify structural and semantic features names within modern settlements Dnipropetrovsk region and conclude a regional historical and etymological dictionary of oikonyms; methods - analytical and descriptive, historical and comparative historical analysis, internal reconstruction and etymological analysis, formant, motivational-semantic, morphemic-derivational analysis, structural method, contrastive analysis, stratigraphic analysis of the areal elements toponomic mapping method and quantitative method of calculation GIS technology; novelty - the first systematic linguistic research oikonyms Dnipropetrovsk, made in the diachronic synchronically-plan for scientific analysis involved first full register of oikonyms XVI - XXI century; describes theoretical principles and methodology of the study of names of settlements, and the effects of extra-linguistic and linguistic factors on formation of oikonyms studied region; The principles and motives nomination of names of settlements in different centuries of Dnipropetrovsk etymological analysis; analyzes the main ways of creation deals with the points oikonyms; described the performance of the derivative assets and structural word models names of settlements of Dnipropetrovsk; set in grounds of major changes in the nomination and word building system deals with the points names of settlements; The basic structural and semantic features of oikonym formation of contemporary Dnipropetrovsk region is compared to other regions of Ukraine; results are actual, substantive provisions and conclusions of the thesis can be used for further linguistic, historical and naturalistic studies of Ukrainian and Slavic place names and etymology in teaching courses of lexicology and word formation Ukrainian language, special course on onomastics and for publication Historical and etymological dictionaries oikonyms of Dnipropetrovsk region and similar nationwide vocabulary; industry - linguistics.