RT Journal Article
T1 Name creation as an interpretation of the incomprehensible. Traditional popular names of cave art sites in Spanish speech communities
A1 Ruhstaller, Stefan
K1 Toponymy
K1 Spanish speaking areas
K1 Naming process
K1 Name motivation
K1 Rupestrian art
AB Long before their discovery by scientists in the late 19th century, many places with prehistoric rock paintings were well known among the traditional inhabitants of the surrounding areas. These speech communities, which completely lacked any kind of historical or archaeological knowledge, created names by which they could describe and identify the sites of the enigmatic findings. Linguistic and cultural analysis of the proper names thus coined makes it possible to reconstruct the popular reception of the phenomenon we now consider rock art, and highlights the mechanisms by which realities that are beyond objective comprehension are designated among speakers characterized by language competences limited to everyday rural speech and by the parameters of popular Hispanic culture and beliefs.
PB Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
SN 1211-4413
YR 2021
FD 2021
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10433/21808
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10433/21808
LA en
NO Acta onomastica, vol. LXII/1, p. 114-129
NO Departamento de Filología y Traducción
DS RIO
RD May 5, 2026