MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE OF UKRAINE National University “ODESSA LAW ACADEMY” ODESSA LINGUISTIC JOURNAL Research and practice journal Issue 12 Odessa 2018 2 Odessa linguistic journal № 12, 2018 Chief Editor: Petliuchenko N.V. Dr. Sc. (Philology), Professor, Head of the Department of Foreign Languages № 2, National University “Odessa Law Academy” Executive Secretary: Tomchakovska Yu.O. Candidate of Philological Sciences, Associate Professor, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Foreign Languages № 2, National University “Odessa Law Academy” Editorial board: Taranets V.H. – Dr. Sc. (Philology), Professor, Professor at the Department of Foreign Languages № 2, National University “Odessa Law Academy” Kuznetsova T.V. – Dr. of Social Communication, Dean of Journalism Faculty, National University “Odessa Law Academy” Mamych M.V. – Dr. Sc. (Philology), Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Applied Linguistics, National University “Odessa Law Academy” Stupak I.V. – Dr. Sc. (Philology), Professor, Dean of Faculty of Linguistics and Translation, Head of Department of German and Oriental Languages, International Humanitarian University Mizetska V.Ya. – Dr. Sc. (Philology), Professor, Head of the Department of Foreign Languages for Professional Purposes, International Humanitarian University Moroshanu L.I. – Cand. Sc. (Philology), Associate Professor, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Translation and Linguistics, International Humanitarian University Kolehaieva I.M. – Dr. Sc. (Philology), Professor, Head of the Department of Lexicology and Stylistics of the English Language, Odessa I.I. Mechnikov National University Vorobiova O.P. – Dr. Sc. (Philology), Professor, Head of Professor O.M. Morokhovsky Department of English Philology and Linguistic Philosophy, Kyiv National Linguistic University Babeliuk O.A. – Dr. Sc. (Philology), Professor, Professor at the Department of Technical Translation, Lviv State University of Life Safety Valihura O.R. – Dr. Sc. (Philology), Professor, Head of the Department of Oriental Philology, Kyiv National Linguistic University Selivanova O.O. – Dr. Sc. (Philology), Professor, Head of the Department of Theory and Practice of Translation, Education and Research Institute of Foreign Languages, Cherkasy National University named after Bohdan Khmelnitsky Svetozarova N.D. – Dr. Sc. (Philology), Professor, Professor at the Department of Phonetics and Methodology of Foreign Languages Teaching, Saint Petersburg State University (Russia) Kozlova R.M. – Dr. Sc. (Philology), Professor, Professor at the Department of Russian, General, Slavic Linguistics, Francisk Skorina Gomel State University (Belarus) Christian Sappok – Professor at Lotman Institute, Faculty of Philology, Ruhr University, Bochum (Germany) It is recommended for publishing and distributon through the Internet by Academic Council of National University “Odessa Law Academy” (Minutes No 3 dated 22.10.2018) Research and practice journal “Odessa Linguistic Journal” is registered by the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine (The Certificate of State Registration of the Print Media Series КВ No 20331-10131) “Odessa Linguistic Journal” is included in the list of scientific professional publications of Ukraine which are authorized to publish materials of candidate’s and doctoral dissertations in law sciences according to the Order of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine No 793 dated 04.07.2014 (Appendix No 8). The journal is included in the international scientometric database Index Copernicus International (the Republic of Poland). Web-site of the journal: www.olj.onua.edu.ua ISSN 2312-3192 (print) ISSN 2663-564X (online) © National University “Odessa Law Academy” Odessa linguistic journal № 12, 2018 3 SECTION І GERMANIC LANGUAGES UDC 811.111`373.2.001.33:73/79 DOI 10.32837/2312-3192/12/1 DENOTATIVE-NOMINATIVE TYPOLOGY OF ENGLISH IDEONYMS Olga Vasilyeva1 Abstract The article considers denotative nominative classification of English ideonyms. One thousand English ideonyms selected according to the frequency of use in print and electronic media have provided the material for this research. The topical problems of ideonym- ics incude establishment of denotative nominative systematization of the relevant proprietary units, which involves their group- ing according to the type of the named objects. The denotative nominative classification of ideonyms embraces four divisions: artionyms, i.e. proper names of works of art, which are further divided into imagionyms, sсeneonyms, musiconyms and filmonyms; biblionyms that cover proper names of all written and verbal texts as well as their series and collections; gemeronyms, i.e. proper names of the media, which are divided into pressonyms and electronyms according to the method of transmitting the information and include both radio and television programs of exclusively informational nature rather than those of entertaining or educational character; computeronyms, which absorb all proper names designed to designate different types of computer programs. The poet- onymic sphere is understood as a collection of onyms in artistic texts creating a complex and harmonious system existing in any artistic work as a result of their interrelations. This concerns not only literary works but also those in cinematography, computer art, etc., since proper names act in each of them as components of the virtual picture of the world, thus enabling to refer to the existence of not only the poetonymic sphere, but also the virtualonymosphere. Therefore, it can be concluded that ideonyms can be divided into four classes by their correlation with denotate, namely artionyms, biblionyms, gemeronyms and computeronyms, subject to further specification. Separate terms have been created for ideonyms of the first and second specification levels whereas descriptive terminology is applied for further subdivisions. Each of the analyzed divisions has its own specific functioning, both structural and semantic, which makes further intvestigation in this direction relevant. Keywords Onomastics, ideonym, artionym, gemeronym, computeronym, denotational nominative classification, poetonymic sphere. 1. Introduction. In the recent decades, onomas- quency of their use in print and electronic media tic researches have been developing rapidly due to has served as the material for the research. the expansion of the scope of the research object, 2. Results and Discussion. The wide variety of the introduction of new methods to traditional ono- proper names, particularly ideonyms, requires system- mastics and even the emergence of new directions, atization and classification, which has been attempted e.g. cognitive onomastics. The main attention of by many notable researchers including O.V. Super- onomatologists was drawn to anthroponymic and anskaya (Superanskaya 2007), N.V. Podolskaya toponymic researches whereas other categories of (Podolskaya 1988), D.G. Buchko (Buchko 2012), and proper names were investigated only sporadically. M.M. Torchinsky (Torchinsky 2008; 2010). This situation is gradually changing, in particular V. V. Luchik (Luchik 2010, 135) emphasized due to the interest of researchers in the nature and this need: “Proper names comprise an indeterminate peculiarities of the functioning of ideonyms, which num-ber in the lexical system of the Ukrainian proves the relevance of this article. Thus, the pur- language; therefore, various aspects of their practical pose of this investigation is to study the denota- analysis will not be exhausted for a long time to come. tive nominative classification of ideonyms, which In particular, “eternal” are the problems of establishing requires the research into the existing variants and the etymology of ancient onyms, standardization of the development of a new classification. Theobject new names, cre-ation of diverse nationwide onomastic of this research is the linguistic nature of ideonyms, dictionaries, etc.” ////////////////////////////////////////////////// the subject being English ideonyms in terms of Due to the diversity of proper names, justification their denotative nominative division. One thousand of the validity of attributing certain classes of names English ideonyms selected according to the fre- to the object of onomastics still remains an issue to be resolved. Hence is the title of the article by P. 1 Olga Vasilyeva, National University “Odessa Law Academy”, Zigo “Will the ‘musiconyms’ belong to Fontanskaya doroga, 23, Odessa, Ukraine, 65009, e-mail: onomastics?”, which actually means that the final [email protected] solusion of the problem of whether proper na mes for ORCID ID: 0000-0001-8077-3529 musical works – musiconyms – should be included in the onymic field remains undetermined for the author (Zigo, 2010). //////////////////////////////////////////////////////// © O. Vasilyeva, 2018 //////////////////////////////////////////// 4 Odessa linguistic journal № 12, 2018 Thus, one of the pressing problems of ideonymics to another proper name – Necronomicon, which is is the creation of a denotative nominative systemati- also an ideonym for designating a book. This onym zation of the corresponding proprietary units, which was created by H. P. Lovecraft and used in a “provides for their grouping by the type of the named number of his works to nominate a completely objects” (Torchinsky 2010, 90). fantastic Book of the Dead. A detailed denotative nominative classification of Exploring the real onimy of artistic prose, ideonyms was developed by M. M. Torchinsky T. M. Vintonov (Vintonov