SEMANTIČKE VRIJEDNOSTI ANTROPONIMA U KNJIŽEVNOM DJELU HAMZE HUME
SEMANTIC VALUES OF ANTHROPONYMS IN THE LITERARY WORK OF HAMZA HUMO

Summary/Abstract: This paper gives an insight into the characteristics of anthroponyms discovered in Hamza Humo's literary work and at the same time points to their diversity and uniqueness. Since the analysis is based on the semantic aspect, the aim of this paper was to point not only to the importance of anthroponyms, but also to their semantic values and the effect of derivation, which can be decisive for the use and meaning of names. It was observed through this analysis that some of the names are ordinary and casual, and can be traced back to the time when Hamza Humo wrote his works as well as found today in our society. It can also be said that they are not semantically marked up and taken as given names, but if the names of the characters come in conjunction with his/her characteristics or context then they obtain some special features. This category includes names such as Šaćir, Šemsa, Lovro or Gliša. The second category of names is considered to be more appealing. They are related to the social status of the characters who are representatives of a particular community. They are put forward in two ways; on some occasions as ordinary, everyday names (Adem, Arif, Mehmed), while on other occasions applied with an extended basis, adding the title of aga (a civilian or military officer) or beg (chieftain), such as Ademaga, Arifaga, Mehmed-beg. A special category of names are those ones that can be characterized as hypocoristic with a mandatory two-syllabic form (Esa, Ibra, Jura or Iša). The results obtained have shown that this paper provides a contribution to the clarification of the phenomenon of anthroponyms, not only in the language of the author Hamza Humo, but in the language of the region as well.

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