Autonymy
Definition
The structural or metalinguistic relationship in which a linguistic sign, word, or lexical unit directly designates or represents itself within an utterance, serving as its own referent instead of indicating the real-world object or concept it typically denotes. In lexicography, this fundamental phenomenon forms the basis for defining headwords, where the analyzed term becomes an object of formal study, often graphically distinguished by italics, bold text, or quotation marks to signal its departure from standard referential usage.
Bilingual Equivalents
- Autonymy
- Self-referentiality
Grammatical & Source Details
| Inflection Type | Feminine noun, regular structural variations for both numbers. |
| Formation | Derived through modern academic adaptation from Hellenic roots 'auto-' (self) and '-onyma' (name). |
| Spelling / Pronunciation | [a.u.to.ni.ˈmi.e] |
| Source | Glossary of Semiotics and Formal Linguistic Typologies |
Contextual Usage Examples
RO: Profesorul a explicat că în enunțul 'Om are două silabe', cuvântul analizat se află într-o relație clară de autonimie.
EN: The professor explained that in the utterance 'Man has one syllable', the analyzed word is in a clear relationship of autonymy.
RO: O analiză bazată pe autonimie ne permite să studiem proprietățile formale ale vocabularului fără a părăsi planul codului scris.
EN: An analysis based on autonymy allows us to study the formal properties of vocabulary without leaving the plane of the written code.
RO: Deseori, autorul folosește ghilimelele pentru a marca o autonimie intenționată în cadrul textului critic.
EN: Often, the author uses quotation marks to highlight an intentional autonymy within the critical text.
Idioms & Phrases
Relație de autonimie / Relationship of autonymy
RO: Legătură semantică specială în care un semn lingvistic nu mai trimite la realitatea exterioară, ci la propriul său corp fonetic sau grafic.
EN: A special semantic link where a linguistic sign no longer refers to external reality, but to its own phonetic or graphic body.
Autonimie lexicografică / Lexicographical autonymy
RO: Procedeu standard de alcătuire a dicționarelor în care cuvântul-titlu este definit prin prisma propriilor sale caracteristici structurale.
EN: A standard dictionary-making procedure where the headword is defined in terms of its own structural characteristics.
Umanizarea prin autonimie / Humanization through autonymy
RO: Trecere simbolică a unui termen din starea de simplu instrument de comunicare în cea de obiect autonom de reflecție teoretică.
EN: The symbolic transition of a term from being a mere tool of communication to an autonomous object of theoretical reflection.
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