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Author(s): Carmen Juncal Fernández
Subject(s): Sociolinguistics, Political psychology
Published by: Ústav pro jazyk český Akademie věd České republiky
Keywords: socio-onomastics; politonyms; political parties; Spain
Summary/Abstract: This study analyses the names of political formations (politonyms) in Spain from the start of the country’s transition to democracy in 1976 to the present day. Based on a corpus of more than 5,000 names, the evolution of the creative systems is examined according to a series of parameters: the hallmarks of territoriality, the use of collective names, and ideologically defined terms, as well as the global nature of the name and language used. The quantitative data confirm constant elements in the structuring of politonyms on the one hand, and changes in trends associated with historical events and the evolution of the political course itself, on the other.
