Kovalchuk O. Structural and semantic features of English and Ukrainian eponyms.

The thesis is aimed at the contrastive research of English and Ukrainian eponyms as elements of lexical-semantic fields as used in certain types of discourse. The view on the eponym as a transitional stage between the proper and common names is considered fundamental for the dissertation, which also discusses how the functioning of the eponyms of the both languages in discourse determines their appellativization degree. In the thesis, the theoretical and methodological framework for the contrastive study of English and Ukrainian eponyms has been developed; the status and role of eponyms in the discursive systems of English and Ukrainian have been examined; the isomorphic and allomorphic structural features of English and Ukrainian eponyms have been determined; semantic peculiarities of English and Ukrainian eponyms have been elucidated; a complex lexical-semantic typological assessment of eponyms in these languages has been carried out; ; the basic lexical-semantic fields of idiomatic and non-idiomatic eponyms in English and Ukrainian have been characterized and contrasted with each other.