PROPER NAMES IN EPONYMIC STRUCTURES AS A WAY OF KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION

PROPER NAMES IN EPONYMIC STRUCTURES AS A WAY OF KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION

Author:  O.Yu. Gavrilova

Affiliation:  Mikhailovskaya Military Artillery Academy (MMAA)

Abstract: 

The presentation deals with the problem of knowledge representation by proper names on the basis of which English eponyms are formed. The study shows that the names of well-known mythological, Biblical, historic and literary characters within eponymic structures can represent the knowledge about perceptive, locative, behavioral and other features of objects.

Keywords:  eponym, proper name, knowledge representation, meaning, motivation

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Pages:  324-327