RT Journal Article T1 Die Motivation von Quellen- und Brunnennamen im Sprachraum des Spanischen A1 Ruhstaller, Stefan K1 Toponimia española K1 Motivación onímica AB The aim of this study is to classify the names with which traditional local speakers designate places where springs and wells, sites of enormous economic importance especially in arid regions, can be found. The linguistic analysis of the material, extracted from an extensive corpus of toponymic material collected in a large part of the Spanish speaking area, unveils numerous data of interest for the lexicology and the dialectology of Spanish. Besides, its classification according to different motivational types reveals aspects of the referents considered especially relevant by the speaker. In this way, the names studied reflect the way in which the traditional rural population has been related to thegeographic environment in which its daily life developed, and sheds light on the phenomenon of the creation of names. PB Universitätsverlag Leipzig; Deutsche Gesellschaft für Namensforschung e.V., Leipzig SN 0943-0849 YR 2017 FD 2017 LK https://hdl.handle.net/10433/21809 UL https://hdl.handle.net/10433/21809 LA de NO Namenkundliche Informationen, vol. 109/110, p. 498–524 NO Departamento de Filología y Traducción DS RIO RD Apr 23, 2026