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PRECEDENCE AS A MEANS OF ANTHROPONYM CHARACTERISTICS (BASED ON THE NAMES OF WRITERS IN GERMAN NEWSPAPER AND MAGAZINE TEXTS) // Tomsk State Pedagogical University Bulletin. 2016. Issue 6 (171). P. 90-94

This article refers to the analysis of precedence as a means of naming and characteristic of a special anthroponym group, the names of writers, in German newspaper and magazine texts. During the study there were found several models that include precedent names (both proper and generic names). These models are being described according to their structure and semantics. The phenomenon of precedence is being analyzed in relation to the newspaper functional style with its special aims and goals. Precedent names are being studied in connection to the source and level of precedence. Functions of using precedent names for naming famous writers are also being discussed in this article.

Keywords: precedence, precedent names, naming, anthroponym, newspaper functional style

WORD-BUILDING POTENCIES OF ANTHROPONYMS (BASED ON NAMES OF WRITERS IN GERMAN NEWSPAPER AND MAGAZINE TEXTS) // Tomsk State Pedagogical University Bulletin. 2016. Issue 10 (175). P. 9-13

This article refers to the analysis of derivatives of anthroponyms that are a part of naming of writers in German newspaper and magazine texts. During the study there were found and analyzed two types of word-building of proper names: compounding and suffixation, resulting in the formation of new nouns and adjectives. The derivatives of proper nouns are being discussed in connection to the newspaper functional style with its specials goals and aims. The study is based on more than 5000 analyzed examples of the writer namings that had been taken from the Internet versions of such magazines as Sueddeutsche Zeitung and Focus.

Keywords: proper name, anthroponym, word-building, composite, compounding, suffixation, naming, newspaper functional style