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Title: Middle English names of artists: Origin and usage
Authors: Добровольська, Оксана Ярославівна
Keywords: Middle English, etymology, functional differentiation, occupational terms, occupational terms
Issue Date: 2017
Citation: Dobrovolska, О. Middle English Names of Artists: Origin and Usage [Text] // Linhvistychni Studiyi / Linguistic Studies : collection of scientific papers / Donetsk National University; Ed. by Anatoliy Zahnitko. Vinnytsia : Vasyl' Stus DonNU, 2017. Vol. 34. Pp. 68-76. ISBN 966-7277-88-7
Series/Report no.: 34;
Abstract: Background: the problem of study of Middle English vocabulary, Middle English occupational terms in particular, still remains topical concerning their systemic and functional aspects, especially their functional differentiation and origin (correlation of native and borrowed) as the part of general problem of system stability of the Middle English vocabulary and its dialectical unity with the development according to the universal laws of dialectics and general trends of language evolution as a result of systemic and extra-lingual factors. The relevance of the research is due to the need for a comprehensive study of the Middle English vocabulary, in particular of occupational terms as its subsystem. The article is devoted to the general purpose of the study of the etymological composition and functional differentiation of the lexical and semantic group of Middle English names of artists. Purpose: Functional differentiation of Middle English occupational terms was not yet in the focus of linguistic studies. This fact determines the novelty of our study. We specify the aim of our research as the study of origin and functional differentiation of Middle English occupational terms, esp. names of artists are in the focus of our attention in this paper. The aim of our paper presupposes the fulfilment of the following tasks: 1. to present occupational terms in special way: appellatives ‑ in the form of invariants, proper names ‑ in the form of a phonographic variants; 2. to determine origin of occupational terms and group them according to their etymology; 3. to investigate functional differentiation of occupational terms and group them according to functional differentiation; 4. to make absolute and relative quantitative analysis of the etymological and functional groups of Middle English occupational terms. Results: Middle English occupational terms are distributed into two classes – common names (in their classifying function) and proper names, especially family names (in the function of identification of the person as the component additional to the personal name in the personal nomination formulas). Within each etymological group of vocabulary we distribute the lexical material according to the functional principle and distinguish three groups of occupational terms: those functioning exclusively as common nouns; those functioning exclusively as proper names in the personal nomination formulas; those functioning as common names as well as proper names. According to the functional principle of the distribution of the vocabulary and on quantitative calculations we draw the conclusions about the degree of sustainability of the usage of borrowed occupational terms: we consider English words, loan-blends as well as the assimilated borrowings that functioned as the common names and proper names to be the words with the established (settled) usage; we consider English words, loan-blends and the assimilated borrowings that existed only as the proper name in the nomination formula to be the words with the unsettled usage; we consider English words, loan-blends and the assimilated borrowings that existed exclusively as common names to be the words with the restricted usage. Discussion: Functional differentiation of occupational terms is affirmed by their usage in classifying and identifying functions, and predominance of the vocabulary with identifying function proves its key role in the usage of Middle English occupational terms. Etymological composition of the vocabulary under study reveals its mixed character (65% ─ English, 35% ─ borrowings). The prevailing majority of borrowings are of Old French origin (26%). Nevertheless, the bulk of Middle English occupational terms is comprised of English words (native and loan-blends) ─ the ratio of native / borrowed words is 2:1 which proves the fact of the general linguistic tendency of language evolution to preserve language stability. Moreover, the ratio of English native words (35%) and loan-blends (30%) also proves the fact that word formation (and not borrowing) was the main means of replenishment of Middle English names of entertainers.
Type: Text
Publication type: Стаття
URI: https://dspace.uzhnu.edu.ua/jspui/handle/lib/21389
ISSN: ISSN: 1815-3070 Online ISSN: 2308-0019 ISBN: 966-7277-88-7
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