Category: Zoonyms
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Cat & Cut.. a Lost Semantic Relationship
(Part one) “Onomastics” refers to the intellectual endeavor of studying names of all kinds, including animal names. There are two specialized branches of Onomastics: Toponymy (study of place-names) and Anthroponymy (study of personal names). Here is an attempt to explore the semantic content of the zoonym: “Cat”. The meaning of a name can be a single definite…