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PECULIARITIES IN MEANING OF ANTHROPONYMS
Baymirzaeva Madina Radjapovna
Teacher of Department of Foreign Language and Literature
Faculty of Foreign Philology
National University of Uzbekistan named after Mirzo Ulugbek
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Tel: +998 90 988 28 06
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15727520
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ABSTRACT
Qabul qilindi: 15-Iyun 2025 yil
Ma’qullandi: 20-Iyun 2025 yil
Nashr qilindi: 24-Iyun 2025 yil
This article is devoted to the description of significant
peculiarities
in
meaning
of
anthroponyms.
Anthroponyms of any language have their own
peculiarities, however, in cultural-historic process the
anthroponyms of different linguistic culture influenced
each other. Anthroponyms have some peculiarities in
their meaning, which are connected with linguistic,
cultural and social factors. What is more, anthroponyms
are connected with individual’s skills, his culture, history
and his religion.
KEYWORDS
anthroponyms,
national
coloration, lexical background,
semantic
part,
supra-
conceptual
component,
individual component, general
component,
encyclopedic
knowledge,
the
linguistic
picture of the world..
Definition and meaning fixed in anthroponyms reflect specific features of objects and
qualities which are surrounding society. The history of anthroponyms is connected with the
culture and history of the community where they (anthroponyms) arise. No doubt that
anthroponyms have national coloration, which is visible in practice in different languages.
In speech communication the structure of the denotative meaning of proper name can
be subjected to the semantic modification and transformation, in the process of which the
characteristic of onyms can be actualize, as a result the connotative meaning of onyms can be
arise, which is a manifestation of extralinguistic information.
There is a hypothesis about the presence of a lexical background in the meaning of
proper names, which was developed by E. M. Vereshagin and V.G. Kostomarov. The linguists
define the lexical background as a set of non-conceptual semantic parts in the seme of the
word. Scientists note that onomastic lexis not only has nominative function, but also a
national-cultural component. Proper names can be devoid of a lexical concept, but its lexical
background can be extensive and complex. The semantic parts of a proper names classify it to
the set of homogeneous names and give a specific name s unique appearance. But what is a
lexical background as a notion? It is a set of non-conceptual semantic part related to a word.
The supra-conceptual component of a word finds out its reflection in background
knowledge of a speaker of a language. The background lexical knowledge about a proper
name identify its supra-conceptual component. The main component of a lexical background
includes the etymological meaning of the appellative basis and the history of the origin and
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functioning of a proper name, encyclopaedical knowledge about the owner of the name and
the stylistic peculiarities of a name functioning.
The analysis of the structure in a semantic meaning of antonyms demonstrates that the
encyclopaedical information is much more relevant for the investigation of the lexical
background of anthroponyms. This theory (The theory of the encyclopaedical meaning) was
developed by V.I. Bolotov. According to the theory, the encyclopaedical part of the semantic
structure of a name includes two components: individual and general. A general component
defines a connection of anthroponyms with the concept of person, social connection, limiting
factors as place and time. An individual component of the encyclopaedical meaning of the
anthroponyms covers the whole spectrum of the lingua-cultural information. Comparing with
a general component, individual one is subjective and emotionally colored.
The correlation between individual and general components, which constitute the
encyclopaedical names some scientists describe differently. Linguists such as V.G. Kostomarov
and E. M. Vereshagin distinguish proper names with group information like label-names.
These names are used to identify individuals in society. The representative names also
belong to this group, in this way they are symbols of a certain nation. The integrated meaning
of an individual and general information about a name provide its cultural and historical
connotation.
Anthroponym actualizes in the communicative situation, hence, in order to involve it
into the communicative situation it is vital to have basic linguistic and extralinguistic
knowledge about it. And some linguists believe that without this knowledge the function of
anthroponyms is impossible. According to A.V. Superenskaya’s concept, the description of a
denotation is a basis for the encyclopaedical information, which is usually represented in the
anthropical dictionaries. Encyclopaedical information is a stock of knowledge , which arises
in the communication by the addresser as a result of acquaintance with the object, a set of
information that the addresser has the opportunity to obtain without ever seeing it.
Anthroponyms are not just signs of identification, they are as a “mirror” of the culture,
history and social process. The investigation of anthroponyms let us understand how
appropriate language reflects and forms an identity of a person or society.
The main difference between proper name and common noun is the connection between
proper name with concept and subject. The connection between a word, a concept and a
subject are usually depicted as a triangle. The triangle symbolizes a connection between
extralinguistic denotation(subject), linguistic, logical and semantic image.
Anthroponyms are part of the linguistic picture of the world and the most vivid
representation of linguaculture. Anthroponyms are most closely connected with background
knowledge, as a result of which they are capable of reflecting the development of cultural and
historical life, as well as the national mentality and value system of the people who are the
speakers of a certain language.
It seems possible to conclude that proper names, anthroponyms, are the most important
means of expressing the onomastic picture of the world of an ethnic group. In modern
languages anthroponymic systems, there is a significant number of proper names that carry
linguacultural information in their semantic structure. Therefore, in this study, it is rational to
analyze the semantic and structural features of proper names, considering the linguistic and
extralinguistic components in their composition.
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