Problem of motivation in proper names

Authors

  • Галина Вікторівна Зимовець

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31812/filstd.v5i0.886

Keywords:

motive, business name, metonymу, metaphor, symbol

Abstract

The article focuses on the problem of business names motivation in the context of discussion on semantic statues of proper nouns. The author argues for existence of four main motivation schemes of proper names – descriptive, metonymical, metaphorical and symbolical. Moreover, the connection between motivation type and proper name function is established.

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Published

2010-11-23

How to Cite

Зимовець, Г. В. (2010). Problem of motivation in proper names. Philological Studies: The Scientific Publication of Kryvyi Rih State Pedagogical University, 5, 38–46. https://doi.org/10.31812/filstd.v5i0.886

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Structure and semantics of linguistic units