Прізвиська як характеристики мовлення людей у неофіційній комунікації Західного Полісся
Nicknames in informal communication of the Western Polissia motivated by a manner of speech

Summary/Abstract: A high number of nicknames motivated by people’s speech features has been analysedin the article. Main motivational microgroups of the given nicknames that arecommonly used in the Western Polissia dialects have been delimited. Motivationalfeatures forming such nicknames, like excessive talkativeness of a person, person’sspeech defect, usage of parasitic words, pronunciation distortion of certain words,children’s incorrect pronunciation, or usage of dialect words, have been highlighted.The negative gradation level of nicknames among the other informal names that arecommonly used in Western Polissia has been analysed.

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