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Humour as a Tradition: Current Trends in the British Onomasticon
- Authors: Kosichenko E.F.1
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- National Research University «Moscow Power Engineering Institute» (MPEI)
- Issue: No 3(884) (2024)
- Pages: 123-129
- Section: Linguistics
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/2542-2197/article/view/316413
- ID: 316413
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The paper sets out to analyze the part of contemporary British onomasticon which includes curious personal names, surnames and their combinations to reveal linguistic and extralinguistic reasons that prompt onyms to acquire meanings and create humorous effect. The undertaken research is based on data about most recent naming trends extracted from British websites, and uses the methods of etymological and linguo-stylistic analysis, as well as a survey of subscribers’ activity.
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Elena Fedorovna Kosichenko
National Research University «Moscow Power Engineering Institute» (MPEI)
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Email: KosichenkoYF@mpei.ru
Doctor of Philology (Dr. habil.), Associate professor, Professor at the Department of Advertising, Public Relations and Linguistics National Research University «Moscow Power Engineering Institute»
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