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Аффектонимы в современном русском языке
Affectonymes in the Russian Language

Author(s): Valeriy Efremov
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Language and Literature Studies, Education, Foreign languages learning, Applied Linguistics, Language acquisition, Cognitive linguistics, Vocational Education, Adult Education, Higher Education , State/Government and Education, Philology, Inclusive Education / Inclusion
Published by: Национално издателство за образование и наука „Аз-буки“
Keywords: affectonyme (affectionate names); emotive language; etiquette; linguoculturology

Summary/Abstract: The article is devoted to the description of affectonymes (affectionate names) – a stratum of emotive vocabulary that plays a significant role in the Russian etiquette and (linguo)culture. The analysis of the list of affectonymes represented in the «Dictionary of the Russian speech etiquette» by A. G. Balakay helps to highlight their universal and idioethnic features, describe their emotionally evaluative meaning and outline the linguoculturological potential of these units.

  • Issue Year: 47/2020
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 400-408
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Russian