Global Journal of Human Social Science, G: Linguistics and Education, Volume 21 Issue 4

© 2021. Dr. Reginaldo Nascimento Neto. This is a research/review paper, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) , permitting all non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Chrononyms and the Time Identity By Dr. Reginaldo Nascimento Neto Abstract- This paper intends to argue that Chrononymy – the denomination of time divisions – have been only descriptive or designative, because time is still far from being understood. So, this study of Chrononymy focuses on the examination of the names of temporal phenomena, and its goal is to discover the initial motivation of a given chrononym as well as the moment and circumstances in which the primitive semantic layer was broken, redirecting a new fluid of meaning through new ramifications of meanings, or its semantic emptying. It is assumed that the Chrononymy, or way of naming the time, used by civilizations, reveals kinetic-astral, space environmental, religious and, metaphorical motivations. In this way, Chrononymy would envelop descriptions of these phenomena from the perspective of the paradigms of each epoch, which, when uncovered, rescues the basic scientific and anthropological reference of temporal identity eclipsed by continuous semantic emptying. It is sought a theoretical anchor in authors as Bakhtin (1990), Dick (1990, 1998), Piettre (1997), among others, and analyze etymology and historical-semantic flow for terms like second, minute, week, month, year, century, age, and its chrononimic subdivisions, with the purpose of identifying the nominee’s motivations. Keywords: time, chrononymy, identity, etymology. GJHSS-G Classification: FOR Code: 130399 ChrononymsandtheTimeidentity Global Journal of HUMAN-SOCIAL SCIENCE: G Linguistics & Education Volume 21 Issue 4 Version 1.0 Year 2021 Type: Double Blind Peer Reviewed International Research Journal Publisher: Global Journals Online ISSN: 2249-460x & Print ISSN: 0975-587X Strictly as per the compliance and regulations of: