Interpretation of Hemeronyms in Linguistic Discourse

Abstract

The article analyses the East Slavic linguistic studies devoted to the multidimensional description of hemeronyms. The purpose of the study is to outline the place of hemeronyms in linguistic literature, to consider the views of linguists regarding the presence or absence of semantics in proper names, to determine priority vectors in the study of the names of periodicals, television and radio programmes. The extent analysis of the names of periodicals, television and radio programmes in Belarusian linguistics is limited to single articles (L.A. Goduyko, V.G. Steranchuk, V.A. Zrazikova, V.A. Stepanov). In the East Slavic linguistics, individual monographic studies are available on the type of onyms (works by M.A. Dragaitseva, M.S. Dudnikova, T.I. Kravets, L.R. Mukhametzyanova, M.M. Suleiman). This article uses a descriptive method of synchronous analysis with elements of the diachrony and the comparative method. The author concludes that in the modern linguistic science authors register certain interest in the studying of hemeronyms, which is due to the increasing role of the mass-media in social life. Yet, the issue of absence or presence of semantics in the proper names has not been resolved yet, and the place of hemeronyms in the onomastic system has not been finally determined. The results of the study can be used in further research into the problems of the East Slavic onomastics.