Единство онтологического и ментального бытия топонимической системы (к проблематике когнитивной топонимики)

Abstract

The paper considers issues generated by the cognitive approach in toponymics. The starting point for the authors’ argumentation is a borderline between two inseparable modes of existence of the toposystem: the “ontological” (all that refers to the language ontology – langue and parole) and the “mental” one (toponymic worldview). Mental existence of the system is defined through “mental-toponymic stereotypes” that connect units of all name classes and language levels between themselves and with the sphere of extralinguistic experience, provide intrinsic organisation of the toposystem, are represented in the semantic structure of names and in contexts that reflect results of communicative activity of language speakers. The authors see a further perspective of study of toposystems in exploring “subensembles” – toponymic units interacting in an individual mind – and the area where sub-ensembles overlap, thus forming the kernel of a toponymic microsystem.