TRENDS OF FORMATION AND TRANSFORMATION OF THE ONOMASTIC SYSTEM OF THE LANGUAGE (ON THE EXAMPLE OF OIKONYMS)

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to study proper names and their functioning, analysis of extra-, intralinguistic factors caused by the specifics of the functioning of onyms in language and speech, ways to overcome the emerging omonyms, oikonyms. The object of the research is the toponyms of the language. The subject of the research is the oikonyms of the region as a specific toponymic system.To achieve the goal the authors used the following methods: analysis and synthesis, descriptive method, observation method, linguo-stylistic method. The research aspect of the article is realized like transformation processes in groups of proper names: a) change in the phonetic appearance and word-formation structure of onyms; b) de-etymologization (loss of internal form); c) resemantization (rethinking of the word). The authors analyzed the reasons for linguistic changes determined by both the internal laws of language development and extralinguistic tendencies, which made it possible to conclude the unity of divergent toponymic tendencies and convergent processes of the toponymic system itself, the purpose of which is to systematize different-structured and multilingual toponyms.