Hodorenko A. Nomination of people groups in the Russian language: semantic, functional and cognitive aspects.

The thesis deals with the analysis of the names of people groups (NGP): the identification of the semantic content of NPG, functional features, cognitive constructors of NGP. A definition of the term and the notion of NPG have been given, the place in the language system has been defined. The description of common and the distinctive features of the commercial names and non-commercial names, their relation to nicknames, cryptonyms have been analyzed. The development and functioning of the names both in diachronic and synchronic aspect of the language analysis have been shown. Main functions (nominative, pragmatic, cognitive) of the names were defined and described. Names functions are proved to be presented by two levels: 1) the level of names formed by words, 2) names formed by the level of phrases and sentences. Advertising and manipulative functions of commercial names have been shown. The analysis of the semantic content of names has been done on the basis of "semantic primitives" shown. The description of names in the cognitive aspect, namely the description of the frame, frame types, concepts, cognitive models, gestalt has been applied to analyze people groups names. The term and the notion of the gestalt have been specified. Common and distinctive features of commercial and non-commercial names have been analyzed.