Names Of Places And Their Cultural Motivation
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https://doi.org/10.5433/2237-4876.1998v1n1p05Keywords:
Lexicology, Science, Lexical Unit.Abstract
Lexicology is seen as "a sociological science", once it records the new conceptions and new behavior of man. Thus, lexical units appear to express a new way of living. Example: "barrageiro" means an employee who works on a dam construction site, building the plants and living away from his family.Downloads
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1998-07-15
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ALMEIDA, Maria Antonieta Carbonari de. Names Of Places And Their Cultural Motivation. Signum: Estudos da Linguagem, [S. l.], v. 1, n. 1, p. 05–14, 1998. DOI: 10.5433/2237-4876.1998v1n1p05. Disponível em: https://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/signum/article/view/4478. Acesso em: 18 jan. 2026.
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