АНГЛІЙСЬКЕ ВЛАСНЕ ІМ’Я JACK І ПОХІДНІ ВІД НЬОГО ЕПОНІМИ: ГНІЗДОВЕ ДОСЛІДЖЕННЯ
THE ENGLISH PROPER NAME JACK AND ITS DERIVITED EPONYMS: WORD FAMILY RESEARCH

Summary/Abstract: The English name Jack is one of the most common names in English-speaking countries,which has become a derivate for a large number of derived eponyms. The lack of a comprehensivestudy of this word family determines the relevance of our research. The article is made within theframework of comparative-historical linguistics, lexical semantics, and onomastics. The article aimsto explore the structure of the derivative-semantic word family with a stem anthroponym eng. Jack. Asa result, the structural types of secondary word family constituents and the main directions of semanticevolution of the creative lexeme and its common nouns derivatives, including phraseological units,were identified. All derived eponyms of the name Jack were divided into the following micro-families:representatives of living nature (males, plants, animals), inanimate objects (mechanisms – any thingsthat have replaced human labor or with which something can be done) and an intermediate link oflexemes denoting the image of a man.

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