UDC

811.161.1’373.23

DOI

10.17238/issn2227-6564.2019.5.63

Authors

Irina M. Ganzhina
Tver State University; ul. Zhelyabova 33, Tver, 170100, Russian Federation; e-mail: emmaus1962@yandex.ru

Abstract

Personal names, both native and borrowed, had always been more than just a means of nomination and identification, performing many other functions (social, emotional, address, indicatory, aesthetic, etc.), which has often been a subject of onomatological research. During different periods of history in different peoples these functions were manifested in different ways. It is noteworthy that many functions of Russian anthroponyms retained their importance not only in pre-Christian culture, but also during the period of complete assimilation and Russification of Greek-Byzantine names. However, research into personal names within a family shows that in choosing anthroponyms their ability to link members of the same kin with each other was considered important. This article examines the linking function of personal names reflected in the territorial anthroponymic system of the pre-national period. Using the material of Tver business manuscripts, the paper studies how names were able to unite members of the same family and kin in the 16th – 17th centuries. Different ways of such linking are analysed: semantic (use of non-Christian names of one thematic category), phonetic (similar sounding of some name parts) structural (use of the same ending in the names of close relatives), as well as the most vivid manifestation of this function, i.e. giving the same name within one kin. Studies on the use of personal names in noble families of the 18th and 19th centuries indicate that during this period, names still had to demonstrate strong kinship, the sense of belonging to one kin.

Keywords

anthroponym, Christian personal name, non-calendar name, structural connectedness, phonetic connectedness, same-naming, qualitative

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