Onomastykon o proweniencji antycznej (grecko-rzymskiej) w powieściach kryminalnych Marka Krajewskiego

Abstract

PropernamesderivedfromthenexusoftheancientGraeco-Romantradition,namelyofGreekandLatin languages, are due to cultural and identity-related reasons a vital component of the contempo-rary Polish language namespace. These onyms mostly belong to such varieties of Polish as academic, literary/bookish, and are mostly written. In onomastics they are considered transmitters of modern-day popular culture among whose products features the crime novel aimed at the mass reader. The presentexplorationorfirstapproximation,withitsqualitativeratherthsnquantitative(statistical)character, sets out to try to present, arrange, classify, and describe the ways in which a recipient is onymicallyreferredtotheculturesofantiquitywithinMarekKrajewski’seightcrimestories,pay-ing particular attention to their functional aspect and onymic status. The research should form part ofculturalonomasticsandliteraryonomasticsaswellasotherlinguisticdisciplinessuchaslexicol-ogyandphraseology/phrasematics.Theexcerptsofthenovelscontain:(a)onymsofancientoriginused in their primary sense to identify and differentiate the referents associated with the culture of classicalantiquity(e.g.thepersonalnamesofthemenofcultureofAntiquityandofphilosophy);(b)propernamesbasedononymsorappellativesderivingfromclassicallanguagesandantiquity;(c) ancient eponymisms, or common names taken at their root from ancient nomina propria, appel-lative derivatives stemming from Greek or Latin onyms among them; and (d) eponymous phrasemes incorporating either onyms of ancient pedigree or the appellatives and derivatives they gave rise to. Thelinguistictapestrythusreviewedisatestimonytoantiquity’simpactonPolish,whosefacetsclearlyreflectsitsmulticulturalandintertextualnature.Atthesametime,itdisplayshowantiquityis received in Polish culture as an ongoing process but here of the popular sort.