ФУНКЦІЙНИЙ АСПЕКТ НОМІНАТИВНИХ ОДИНИЦЬ НА МАТЕРІАЛІ АФОРИСТИЧНОГО ФОНДУ АНГЛІЙСЬКОЇ МОВИ

Abstract

The given article suggests considering the peculiar features of the functioning of the aphoristic fund of the English language on the basis of W. Shakespeare’s eptonyms and to analyzing the functions in text and discourse. Nominative, parole, ludic and persuasive functions  in the following article were represented. 
The eptonyms are considered to be influenced by external and internal factors. Internal factors are that most of the eptonyms are characterized by its nominative nature. This allows speaker not only to name the event, the state of things, but also to give an assessment, promote the emotional sphere of the interlocutor, theatrical speech and draw to the language game. In addition, one should test an interlocutor for his or her affiliation with a particular social group (parole function). External factors are conditioned by the associative nature of the formation of a particular expression: phenomenon, situation → eptonym. 
Analysis of the speech realization of W. Shakespeare’s eptonyms by the speakers indicated the activity of the nominative function. The nominativeness of linguistic phenomena indicates that the eptonyms have the capacity for conceptual appeal. This fact appealed to an approximate methodology that will allow us to consider the concept of FWV in our study.