ФУНКЦІЇ ОНІМІВ У ХУДОЖНЬОМУ ТЕКСТІ: ТЕОРЕТИЧНИЙ АСПЕКТ
FUNCTIONS OF ONYMS IN FICTION: THEORETICAL ASPECT

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of the research is to consider the theoretical aspects of the proper names functions in a literary text. Research methods – induction, deduction, descriptive, contextual-interpretive and component analysis. Scientific novelty. Proper names in a literary text have many functions, but in science there is still no single approach to determining the number of functions of proper names in a literary text. At present, many attempts have been made to systematize the functions of poetonyms, but a single view on this problem has not yet been developed. The reasons for this state are differences in the views of linguists on the essence of functions, and violation of the rules of classification schemes, and the lack of logically and linguistically sound hierarchy of poetics categories of onyms, and confusion of phenomena of different levels and quality, including inconsistency in linguistic and extral speech, and the difficulty of assigning a property of the poetonym to semantics or poetics, and so on. The multifunctionality of onyms is quite obvious, as in the artistic text they perform the main linguistic functions of nomination, identification, differentiation and specific stylistic ones, which are layered on the main ones and make their own name an expressive artistic means. An analysis of the theoretical aspects of the functions of proper names in literary works will contribute to a deeper understanding of the peculiarities of using proper names in a literary text. Conclusions. The functions of proper names in works of art are numerous and varied and this serves the style of the text helps writers to show the character of a character, create a special world of a work of art. A further comprehensive study of the functional and stylistic load of onyms in various genres of art works by modern Ukrainian writers is a perspective of next studies.

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