TOPONYMS OF BOYKO SONGS

Abstract

The article analyzed toponyms used by boykos in songs. Any proper names used in folk art are the object of study of folklore onomastics. Today, this science is in the field of view of many researchers who characterize both folk prose and folk songs from the point of view of proper names. On the basis of the source "Boyko Folk Songs" (vols. 1–2), 322 folklore toponyms were analyzed. The toponymic composition of the songs of the Boyko region was taken into account because of the autochthonous nature of the region and the preservation of many linguistic and cultural features of our people. The main points raised in this article were a wide representation of various types of toponyms preserved in the folklore of the Boikos, the reproduction of the verbal environment of the onym and the clarification of typical compatibility, as well as the clarification of the frequency of the use of such names and their functions in the folk text. As a result, it was found that oikonyms (148), choronyms (110), microtoponyms (38) and oronyms (26) function the most in songs. Onyms in the folk art of the Boykos correlate primarily with the plot, thematic and genre specifics of the texts. Toponyms are often combined with adjectives, pronouns and are also accompanied by prepositions, which emphasize and enhance the locativeness of the folk song space. The most frequent in the texts are the oikonym Lviv, the choronym Ukraine, the microtoponym Magura and the oronym Makivka. These toponyms vividly identify the national and symbolic expanse. Fixed proper names mainly perform identification, locative, emotional and symbolic functions. Therefore, in the course of the analysis, the view that folklore toponyms are the national and cultural map of Ukraine, our value, engraved in words, was confirmed. Such names contain information about the history of the region, about the landscape, social and cultural diversity of the Boykivshchyna.