Evolution of research in the onomastic terminology

Abstract

Onomastics is a complex and pragmatic linguistic field, and the constantly appearing proper names require a thematic classification. An analysis of the terms in the field of onomastics is necessary to clarify their status within the discipline, in accordance with other fields (sociology, psychology, philosophy) or different than the meaning given by the dictionary. The classic nomenclature of proper names divided into anthroponyms, toponyms or zoonyms has become insufficiently accurate in rendering the concrete onymic class of the proper name, hence the need to identify, in Romanian, the classes of the usual onomastic terms. Thus, according to dictionaries, thematic glossaries made by Romanian researchers, in different periods, but also those compiled by international researchers, we can enrich the onomastic terminology with new terms, applicable to the Romanian language system.