PECULIARITIES OF USING DIFFERENT PARTS OF SPEECH IN UKRAINIAN ERGONYMIYA

Abstract

The purpose of the article is the names analysis of objects of various types of activity, formed from different parts of speech. The object of study is: numerous Ukrainian ergonyms, including the names of objects of various spheres of public life: production, trade, services and entertainment. The subject of research is: grammatical features of ergonyms of different regions of Ukraine, recorded during the past two decades. Finding of this study: the article discusses the names of objects of human activity, formed from different parts of speech and recorded over the past two decades on the territory of Ukraine. Attention is paid to the frequency of their use. An attempt to analyze the grammatical features of the word-formation models used in the names of various objects of human activity has been made. According to belonging to certain parts of speech, all the names are conventionally divided into twenty numerous groups, some separate constructions are also highlighted. The noun is marked as a supporting component in numerous subgroups. Attention to the use of other parts of speech in the process of names creation is paid. Practical application is possible in use of the article materials in teaching of special courses on onomastics. Conclusions: the process of updating the vocabulary in the language occurs through the formation of new lexical units using a wide range of language methods and means. According to the grammatical structure, ergonyms can be represented by the following main parts of speech: noun and word combinations with it, noun + noun, word combinations with a noun, which are connected by a conjunction or a preposition, adjective phrases, word combinations with pronouns and imperative verbs, quantitative and ordinal numbers. Also for the ergonyms formation interjections and onomatopoeia are used. Ergonyms can also be represented by characters, both in the form of numbers, and in combination with verbal components. Further study of the structural types of ergonyms is supposed in a comparative analysis of the names of different regions of Ukraine, as well as in comparing the grammatical structure of Ukrainian ergonyms with the structure of ergonyms of other countries.