Use Of Names Research Articles

Witch, strumpet, maid and saint

Abstract Shakespeare’s Henry VI, Part 1 depicts Joan of Arc in contradictory terms. This paper discusses the narrative and literary techniques that are used to develop Joan of Arc’s characterisation, particularly the alternation of location between the Anglo-Burgundian and the French-Armagnac camp, the antagonistic staging of Joan of Arc compared to Lord Talbot and Margaret of Anjou, and the contrastive use of epithets, including the shifting positive, neutral or negative dictionary meanings and context-dependent meanings, as per Ray Jackendoff’s theory of Conceptual Semantics. This results in questioning the apparent meaning of words and concepts and thereby also the apparent judgment on the characters themselves, thus ambiguating, questioning, and ridiculing apparent certainties.

<em>Chrysis fuscipennis</em> or <em>Chrysis angolensis</em>? An answer with new synonymies, a new combination and species resurrected (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae)

All species of the Chrysis angolensis group were synonymised with C. angolensis Radoszkovsky, 1881, excluding Chrysis diademata Mocsáry, 1889, endemic of the Philippines. However, after the study of type materials, four species are herein resurrected: Chrysis callaina Gribodo, 1884 stat. reviv., C. erratica Abeille de Perrin and du Buysson in du Buysson, 1887 stat. reviv., C. mossulensis Abeille de Perrin and du Buysson in du Buysson, 1887 stat. reviv., C. sulcifera Bischoff, 1910 stat. reviv. New synonymies are proposed for the following taxa: C. szalayana Mocsáry, 1912 n. syn. and C. ukerewensis Mocsáry, 1914, n. syn. of C. callaina Gribodo, 1884; Chrysis janthina Smith, 1874 n. syn. of C. brachyceras Bischoff, 1910. The new combination Praestochrysis brachyceras (Bischoff, 1910) n. comb. is proposed. Chrysis fuscipennis Brullé, 1846, the name in use for the oldest taxon described in the angolensis group, was replaced with Chrysis angolensis Radoszkovsky, 1881 because primary junior homonym of C. fuscipennis Dahlbom, 1829. However, Chrysis angolensis is here regarded as nomen dubium, C. fuscipennis Dahlbom, 1829 as nomen oblitum, because no longer in use as a valid name after 1899, and C. fuscipennis Brullé as nomen protectum, thus making the name C. fuscipennis Brullé, 1846 stat. reviv. available and restored.

Epithets in the Iliad: A Psychoanalytical Approach

Homer used epithets in order to demonstrate more qualitative attributes of the characters of the epic. Epithets provide a rhythmic approach, that works as a beautifier of a literary work while assisting readers to live on the major characters and plots of the piece. The hero of the Iliad, Achilles, is designated as 'swift-footed' and 'like to the gods' to illustrate his role in the Greek army. Homer used epithets for mortals and also for deities like, Athena is called 'the hope of the soldiers' while Thetis is known as the 'silver-footed'. Besides that, the slave girl of Achilles, also got titles, the 'fair-cheeked' and the 'fair-haired', in order to illustrate her beauty that caught the eyes of Achilles, who considers her as his better half. As literature is the reflection of society through the imagination of the laureate (psychology), thus the uniqueness of being a fast runner, and refraining from the war due to his withdrawal from Briseis, represent instances of id, ego, and super-ego (psychological aspects). Such elements are envisaged throughout the literary work. Therefore, the primary motive of the paper is to discuss the use of epithets in the Iliad through the lens of psychology. That is, each character, whether it is mortal or deity or demi-god, whatsoever, the instances of id, ego, and superego have been analyzed. To accomplish the prime objective of the paper, secondary sources like journals, Online articles, and other sources available over the Internet are being used. Besides that, as a primary source, the understandings of the authors are used.

РОЛЬ ВОЛШЕБНЫХ ПРЕДМЕТОВ В ЭПИЧЕСКОМ ПОВЕСТВОВАНИИ ХАКАСОВ

In the study of the poetic-stylistic system of the epic, the consideration of stable poetic descriptions is very important, since they play an important role in the formation of the structure and content of the epic plot. The purpose of this study is to identify and describe magic objects with the semantics of “getting information” that contribute to the development of a certain plot and motifs in the epic narrative of the Khakas people. The achievement of this goal provides for the solution of the following tasks: identification and description of stable poetic descriptions on the example of magic objects with the semantics of “getting information”, with a detailed analysis of the Book of Fate, similarities and differences in different epictellers’ texts, determining the degree of attachment to the epic plot and motifs. In heroic tales, the Book of Fate as a magic object is found under different names: the borrowed word, a book, in the meaning of ‘a fortune-telling book, omniscient book, letter, written message’, kinde ‘a book, paper’, pichik ‘a letter, note, message’, sugdur pichik ‘a letter, paper with written text, sutra’, kigdei pichik ‘a letter, paper, book’, sabyra pichik ‘an inscription carved on wood, stone, rock, rock inscriptions, message, heroic letter, letter, epitaph’. As a result of the analysis, with a sample of ten heroic tales recorded from famous Khakas epictellers, it was found that a book, kinde, pichik are most often used as a magical object in the meaning of ‘a book’, and less often  sugdur pichik and sabyra pichik. The main function of a magic book in heroic tales is to deliver a message to the heroes. The introduction of a magic book into the poetic body of the epic contributes to the motivation of the departure of a bogatyr/woman-bogatyr from home (for hunting, receiving a message, searching for a betrothed or a bogatyr horse, for the battle with opponents). Compositionally, motivation is the beginning of the action. It is also found that if epic heroes write a message on hard surfaces (stone, wood), then a writing tool is also indicated: a nail, a steel sword. As the analysis showed, variability is observed by contextual synonyms-verbs, due to the use of epithets, formulaic phrases, but the comparison of a letter with a cheprak (a saddle cloth) remains unchanged. A epicteller’s use of various epic formulas, fixed expressions, and phrases does not violate the unity of the poetic impression, but contributes to the creation of harmony in the folklore narrative.

Proposals for unification and use of the Ukrainian national nomenclature for native and exotic species of the longhorn beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in Ukraine. Part III: subfamilies Lepturinae and Necydalinae

The emerging and development of Ukrainian biological nomenclature has a long tradition that dates back more than a century and a half. The Ukrainian vernacular nomenclature of the longhorn beetles is found in scientific publications, starting from the middle of the 19th century. For the most part, these are names collected from oral folk speech. The stage of scientific construction of the Ukrainian vernacular nomenclature began at the beginning of the 20th century. Further development and use of the Ukrainian vernacular nomenclature was artificially interrupted for political reasons in the middle of the 20th century. We examined in detail this historical dimension of the Ukrainian vernacular nomenclature of the longhorn beetles from its origin, development, artificial interruption to the modern need for its restoration, and also proposed a methodology for the formation of the modern names. This is presented in the first part of our study. In the first and second parts, we also provided a detailed Ukrainian vernacular nomenclature of the longhorn beetles for three subfamilies: Spondylidinae, Prionunae, and Cerambycinae. The other three subfamilies - Lepturinae, Necydalinae and Lamiinae are still not codified, and their Ukrainian vernacular nomenclature has not been developed. The current (third) part of our study is devoted to the unification and codification of the Ukrainian national vernacular nomenclature of the names of two subfamilies: Lepturinae and Necydalinae. Ukrainian vernacular names of taxa from these subfamilies are very few and scattered in a number of papers published over the last 160 years, starting from 1864. Such an unusual situation occurred despite the fact that these beetles are among the most common and recognizable in the fauna of Ukraine, numbering 79 species from 37 genera, 9 tribes and 2 subfamilies. Today, there is a critical lack of their vernacular names for use in scientific, technical, popular, educational and fiction literature. The main principles we used for the unification and codification of the longhorn beetles Ukrainian vernacular nomenclature: 1) only the binomial name of a specific taxon consisting of the name of the genus (noun) and the specific epithet (adjective) is suitable for use; 2) the names of taxa in the form of three- and four-nomen, transliterations from Latin, transfers from Russian and other languages, appositions, names with a hyphen are unsuitable for use; 3) priority is given to the oldest or most used Ukrainian names; 4) proposals for new names were made only if necessary. It was revealed that for the indicated subfamilies, only 24 taxa (19%) out of 127 have Ukrainian vernacular names. These include 17 species, 6 genera, 1 tribe. At the same time, only 3 binomens and 8 specific epithets have been considered suitable for use, since they correspond to the defined rules of nomenclature. The rest are unsuitable due to non-compliance with the criteria of the nomenclature. On the whole, we unified and codified 137 names of the longhorn beetles in the Ukrainian language, including 6 subspecies, 79 species, 1 subgenus, 39 genera, 9 tribes, 1 supertribe and 2 subfamilies. For the first time, we proposed Ukrainian names for 123 taxa of different ranks.

A review and analysis of the use of epithets in infrageneric, species, and infraspecific names in Kalanchoe (Crassulaceae subfam. Kalanchooideae): trends in the plant naming game

Given recent wide-ranging international debates in the scientific press and on social media platforms on, especially, aspects of the ethics of historically published and currently used biological nomenclature, an analysis is presented of trends in the use of epithets in the scientific names of Kalanchoe taxa (Crassulaceae subfam. Kalanchooideae). Kalanchoe, in which about 200 taxa are recognised at various taxonomic ranks, has a wide natural geographical distribution range in Madagascar and on some Indian Ocean Islands, in southern, eastern, and northern Africa, and in the Near, Middle, and Far East. A comprehensive database of epithets published at infrageneric, species, and infraspecific ranks in Kalanchoe over a period of 270 years—1753 to the present—was compiled and analysed to establish tendencies in the selection of epithets. The 370 epithets published to date were classified under: (1) plant characteristics; (2) the celebration of people (eponyms); (3) place names (toponyms); and (4) ‘other’ (habitat features, an ethnic group, etc.). Names derived from plant characteristics are the most commonly used in the naming of kalanchoes. However, since the early 1900s and continuing to the present, naming taxa after people is the preferred option. Lists of gender-based eponymic, toponymic, and ‘other’ epithets, with their derivations, used in the validly published names of kalanchoes are provided. We point out that one epithet used in the genus is contentious. We briefly reflect on the derivation of the genus name Kalanchoe.

Речевой портрет блогера-рассказчика “true crime story” (лингвостилистический аспект)

The aim of the study is to identify the linguistic and stylistic features of the speech portrait of a blogger leading his blog in the genre of “true crime story”, which is dedicated to the narration of real crimes. The scientific novelty of the study consists in the fact that the linguistic features of this genre are considered in the work for the first time and the specifics of the narrator’s speech portrait in the genre of “true crime story” manifested in the electronic environment is revealed. As a result of the study, it has been found that the speech portrait of a blogger-narrator of “true crime story” can be characterised as follows: a restrained, concise manner of narration, the unity of the audio-visual means used to enhance the impact on the listener, the representation of the blogger’s values to a wide audience, a detailed description of events, the use of links to information sources, the documentary nature of the presentation of the material, the abundance of legal terminology in speech, the predominance of bookish vocabulary, the use of epithets with negative stylistic colouring, rhetorical questions, parentheticals and quotations, etc.

Bagging: An Ensemble Approach for Recognition of Handwritten Place Names in Gurumukhi Script

In this article, the authors present an effort to recognize handwritten Gurumukhi place names for use in postal automation. Five feature extraction techniques (zoning, horizontal peak extent, vertical peak extent, diagonal, and centroid) have been analyzed and optimized using Principal Component Analysis (PCA). Four classification methods ( k -Nearest Neighbor ( k -NN), decision tree, random forest, and Convolutional Neural Network (CNN)) have been utilized to classify the handwritten word images. To enhance the recognition results, the authors have employed Bootstrap Aggregation (Bagging) with a majority voting scheme. The authors used a public benchmark dataset of 40,000 handwritten place-name samples in the Punjabi language for their experimental work. The experiments were conducted using a 70:30 partitioning approach, where 70% of the data was utilized for training and the remaining 30% for testing. The system achieved a maximum recognition accuracy of 96.98% by utilizing a combination of zoning, vertical peak extent, and diagonal features, and a minimum Mean Squared Error (MSE) of 0.86% based on a combination of zoning and horizontal peak extent features with a majority voting scheme through ensemble (Bagging) methodology.

(206) Proposal to guide the choice among grammatical forms in epithets with uncertain grammatical status

(206) Proposal to guide the choice among grammatical forms in epithets with uncertain grammatical status

Cancer patient and provider responses to companion scales assessing experiences with LGBTQI-affirming healthcare.

Sexual and gender minority (SGM) persons are at a higher risk for some cancers and may have poorer health outcomes as a result of ongoing minority stress, social stigma, and cisnormative, heteronormative healthcare environments. This study compared patient and provider experiences of affirming environmental and behavioral cues and also examined provider-reported knowledge, attitudes, behaviors, and clinical preparedness in caring for SGM patients among a convenience sample. National convenience samples of oncology providers (n = 107) and patients (n = 88) were recruited separately via snowball sampling. No incentives were provided. After reverse coding of appropriate items for unidirectional analysis, lower scores on items indicated greater knowledge, more affirming attitudes or behaviors, and greater confidence in clinical preparedness to care for SGM patients. Pearson chi-square tests compared dichotomous variables and independent samples t-tests compared continuous variables. Other results were reported using descriptive frequencies. Both patient and provider samples were predominantly female sex assigned at birth, cisgender, and heterosexual. Providers were more likely than patients to report affirming cues in clinic, as well as the ability for patients to easily document their name in use and pronouns. Providers were more likely to report asking about patient values and preferences of care versus patients' recollection of being asked. Patients were more likely to report understanding why they were asked about both sex assigned at birth and gender identity compared to providers' perceptions that patients would understand being asked about both. Patients were also more likely to report comfort with providers asking about sex assigned at birth and gender identity compared to providers' perceptions of patient comfort. SGM providers had greater knowledge of SGM patient social determinants of health and cancer risks; felt more prepared to care for gay patients; were more likely to endorse the importance of knowing patient sexual orientation and gender identity; and were more likely to indicate a responsibility to learn about SGM patient needs and champion positive system changes for SGM patients compared to heterosexual/cisgender peers. Overall, providers wished for more SGM-specific training. Differences between patient and provider reports of affirming environments as well as differences between SGM and heterosexual/cisgender provider care support the need for expanded professional training specific to SGM cancer care.

Bestiary of Pskov Chronicles Of XV–XVII Centuries: Images of People, Enemies, Wealth and Favorite Curses of Pskov Chroniclers

The article deals with the meanings and contexts of animal name mentions in the allegorical way in the text of Pskov chronicles and narratives. Allegorical mentions of domestic, wild, and exotic animals, as well as the use of epithets associated with animals are analyzed. The sources of literary borrowings referring to exotic and mythical animals such as asp, crocodile, camel, are investigated. The author concludes that chronicles and literary texts are not sufficiently informative to identify historical realities of everyday life associated with animals. At the same time, the sources provide rich ground for the study of expressive expressions in Pskov political rhetoric, historical and moral literature, and vividly characterize the worldview and figurative world of the inhabitants of the borderlands.

СИНКРЕТИЗМ ОБРАЗУ МІСТИЧНОЇ БАРСЕЛОНИ (на матеріалі циклу романів Карлоса Руїса Сафона "Цвинтар забутих книжок")

This article deals with means to form the syncretism in creating the image of enigmatic and sombre Barcelona in the series of novels “The Cemetery of Forgotten Books” written by Carlos Ruiz Zafón. The image appears as the structural novel unit where the language with its expressive metaphoric means is used to suggest the notions of things, actions, feelings, ideas, mood and any living experience where the imagination with its integrity, agility, difference and openness forms the base of syncretism. Our aim was to confirm the original and dynamic of these stylistic means brilliantly combined to delineate the mysterious image of Barcelona with the distinctive and peculiar author’s style of Zafón. We notice the fusion of them while their unique qualities and characteristics are kept untouched. We came to the conclusion that the prevalent to construct the metaphoric context are dark colors (black, grey), reigning darkness against almost defeated light, fog (mist, veil), water (sea and endless rains) and the different materials (like steel, cooper, coal, lead, etc.) It is the originality of artistic methods in Zafón´s work (richness of linguistic means, namely the use of epithets, metaphors, allegories, stylistic resources) not only determines the individual style of the writer, but also emphasizes the multidirectionality of this imagery, ways of its creation and perception by the reader.

Поэтика образа «русской цивилизации» в романе Ф.М. Достоевского «Подросток» (к вопросу об источниках)

The article analyses some works by Nikolay Strakhov that served as a source of poetics for Dostoevsky’s novel The Adolescent. It explores how historical-literary and historical-philosophical facts became material for the writer’s poetic laboratory. Namely, the paper describes Strakhov’s articles from the magazines “Vremya,” “Zarya,” and “Grazhdanin,” together with letters to Dostoevsky that are important for the poetics of The Adolescent. Particular attention is paid to the article “A Fatal Question” (1863), in which Strakhov formulated his understanding of “the foundation of Russian civilization” and tried to answer the question “What are we, Russians?”. This question was extremely important for Dostoevsky, who in The Adolescent answered it in an artistic form. The study analyzes the artistic means of embodying the theme of the Russian world in the poetics of the work. In particular, the use of epithet “Russian” and toponym “Russia” is investigated. Dostoevsky’s artistic innovation in the use of allegory in the poetics of the novel is discussed separately. The methodology for studying the evolution of different forms of art is based on the approach developed by Dmitry Chyzhevsky. In his “History of the spirit” Chyzhevsky considered artistic techniques and means as the embodiment of the spiritual life of a people in a certain historical era.

Swear Words Used by The Mobile Legends Game Players

This study is done to analyze the types and functions of swear words used by the Mobile Legends players, and the types of swear words appearing in each function. This Sociolinguistic study is conducted applying the theory of Holmes (2013). supported by the theories of Montagu (2001) on swear words, Wijana and Rohmadi (2007) for the types of swear words, and (Ljung, 2011) for functions of swear words. Moreover, this study was done by using the qualitative participative method, utilizing the transcribed data that was used in the analysis. The findings revealed that the Mobile Legends players used six (6) types of swear words: activity, animal, circumstance, part of body, profession, thing. In term of functions, there were eleven (11) functions of swear words: 1)anaphoric use of epithet, 2]expressing high degree of meaning: adjective intensifier, 3)indicating that the speaker dislikes: disliked adjective, 4)giving emphasis on adjective or adverb, 5)interjection: anger, 6)interjection: surprise, 7)interjection: pain, 8)interjection: even joy, 9)interjection: disappointment, 10)interjection: incredulity, and 11)expressing speaker’s wish in order to harm: informal cursing. In addition, there were different types of swear words found in each function. To conclude, analyzing swear word types, functions, and the relation between types in each function contribute some understanding about the swear words used during the Mobile Legends game situation.

LINGUOPOETICS OF EPITHET IN O. HENRY’S SHORT STORIES

It is common knowledge that reading literature in the proper sense of the word is rather difficult as it presupposes the ability of the reader not to confine one’s perception to what can be seen on the surface of the text only. The reader’s ability to go deep into the text and reveal the intention of the writer is of prime importance. Many prominent philologists both in our country and abroad have referred to this question, and their investigations have established that the real understanding of a piece of verbal creativity is a step by step process and can be achieved only gradually. This, in fact, is the underlying methodological bases of the present research which aims at studying the use of epithets in O’Henry’s short stories and their role in the linguopoetic organization of the stories. Of particular investigative interest have turned out to be The Last Leaf and The Gift of Magi.

Comparative Analysis of Swear Words in Uncut Gems Movie

This research aims to examine the functions, types, and differences in swear words between male and female in the Uncut Gems movie. The purpose of this research is to find out the types of swear words, the purposes, and the differences of swear words uttered by male and female characters in Uncut Gems movie. This research employed the descriptive-qualitative method. The data of this research were words, phrases, clauses, and sentences consisting of swear words which were selected from the dialogues of male and female characters in the Uncut Gems movie. While the source of data was the script of the Uncut Gems movie. This study showed that the use of swear words is dominated by the male characters compared to the female. The most dominant type of swear word used by both genders is emphasis. Male characters use swear words mostly to create attention while the female is to provide catharsis. Both male and female characters tend to be more aggressive when uttering swear words. However, when it comes to the variety and range of swear words themselves, it appears that male characters do use more than female characters. This research found that there are two types of swear words, stand-alone and slot-filler. Stand-alone has four functions expletive interjection, curses, unfriendly suggestion, and name-calling. The slot-filler also has four functions adjective/adverbial intensifier, the adjective of dislike, emphasis, and anaphoric use of epithet. At least five purposes of swear words were found to create attention, discredit, provoke, create interpersonal identification, and provide catharsis.

Updating splits, lumps, and shuffles: Reconciling GenBank names with standardized avian taxonomies

Abstract Biodiversity research has advanced by testing expectations of ecological and evolutionary hypotheses through the linking of large-scale genetic, distributional, and trait datasets. The rise of molecular systematics over the past 30 years has resulted in a wealth of DNA sequences from around the globe. Yet, advances in molecular systematics also have created taxonomic instability, as new estimates of evolutionary relationships and interpretations of species limits have required widespread scientific name changes. Taxonomic instability, colloquially “splits, lumps, and shuffles,” presents logistical challenges to large-scale biodiversity research because (1) the same species or sets of populations may be listed under different names in different data sources, or (2) the same name may apply to different sets of populations representing different taxonomic concepts. Consequently, distributional and trait data are often difficult to link directly to primary DNA sequence data without extensive and time-consuming curation. Here, we present RANT: Reconciliation of Avian NCBI Taxonomy. RANT applies taxonomic reconciliation to standardize avian taxon names in use in NCBI GenBank, a primary source of genetic data, to a widely used and regularly updated avian taxonomy: eBird/Clements. Of 14,341 avian species/subspecies names in GenBank, 11,031 directly matched an eBird/Clements; these link to more than 6 million nucleotide sequences. For the remaining unmatched avian names in GenBank, we used Avibase’s system of taxonomic concepts, taxonomic descriptions in Cornell’s Birds of the World, and DNA sequence metadata to identify corresponding eBird/Clements names. Reconciled names linked to more than 600,000 nucleotide sequences, ~9% of all avian sequences on GenBank. Nearly 10% of eBird/Clements names had nucleotide sequences listed under 2 or more GenBank names. Our taxonomic reconciliation is a first step towards rigorous and open-source curation of avian GenBank sequences and is available at GitHub, where it can be updated to correspond to future annual eBird/Clements taxonomic updates.

Jacob as ‘the prophet’ in Nahmanides’ commentary

This article is part of a series of studies that examines Nahmanides’ use of rhetorical devices in the design of his Torah commentary. It addresses Nahmanides’ use of epithets for biblical characters. Nahmanides scarcely uses a consistent epithet for one character; therefore an intensive and consistent repetition of a specific epithet calls for special attention on the part of the reader. The epithet ‘the prophet’ is used twelve times in reference to Jacob in Nahmanides’ exegesis. Moreover, Nahmanides emphasizes Jacob’s prophetic skill and his unique virtue as a prophet, a theme entirely absent from his commentary on the Abraham and Isaac narratives. This study brings to light the theological significance of the epithet ‘the prophet’ with regard to Jacob’s character.

The epithet in the poetic speech of Volodymyr Barchuk

Volodymyr Barchuk, doctor of philological sciences, professor of the Ukrainian language department of Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University, known in the scientific world as a linguist – a researcher of the grammatical level of the language: morphology and syntax, grammatical categoryology, as well as the history of language, the field of communicative and cognitive linguistics, recently debuted with a poetic collection "Heavenly Tower", signed under the pseudonym Volodymyr Otyn. The article characterizes the peculiarities of the functioning of epithets as one of the artistic and pictorial means in the indicated book. Groups of epithets have been identified according to various characteristics: permanent and individually authored, the latter of which significantly predominate; structural features of epithets, ways of expression are indicated. The functional and stylistic load of epithets in the texts of the named collection is clarified, and attention is also drawn to the phenomenon of amplification with the use of epithets, characteristic of poetic texts. It has been established that the use of colorative adjectives in the role of epithets is characteristic of Volodymyr Otyn's poetry. A stable trend has been observed regarding the way epithets are expressed: they are mainly adjectives or adverbs, adverbial epithets are represented less frequently. The most diverse in terms of semantics are the groups of signified words with which the author combines epithets: spatial and temporal names, names of human feelings and sensations, names of natural phenomena, abstract concepts, etc. The functions of epithets in the analyzed poems are indicated: text-creative, restrictive-exclusive, descriptive-extensive, image-creating, individualization function. On the basis of the analysis, it is proved that the wealth of epithets and the high frequency of its use are one of the defining features of Volodymyr Otyn's idiostyle.

Հատուկ անունների իմաստային և սոցիալական գործառույթները խաբեբայապատումներում / The semantic and social function of proper names in picaresque novels

This article discusses the role and meaning of proper nouns in picaresque novels. It is of particular interest that in the course of time proper nouns (anthroponyms and toponyms) grow out of their designative function into that of symbolic. The use of epithets is also covered in this study. It has been observed that the proper names, initially unmotivated, alter their meaning and become motivated, obtaining socio-historical function. The article studies the choice of surnames among others. In picaresque novels, the surname describes the one who bears the surname, provides information about their occupation and activities, as well as the ancestral and family peculiarities. They usually carry satire and irony referring to the ancestral origin of the character. The titles of picaresque novels have also been scrutinised since they tend to contain proper names which is influenced by literary works created in Baroque period where each symbol was semantically saturated. The general meaning of the titles is also included in the microconcept of picaresque novels.