Place names in the light of phenomenology

Abstract

An approach to the study of place names based on properties of their denotata is discussed. It relies on Husserlian phenomenology and utilizes experience of sciences other than linguistics (philosophy, psychology, logic). The approach is contrasted to both classical traditions (J.S. Mill) and new works oriented to ethnolinguistics and linguoculturology (N.I. Tolstoy). A place name is considered as an integral entity which is realized in four apperceptively related semantic structures.