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Garagulya S. I. Revealing the Content of English Family Names in a Linguocultural Dictionary. Izvestiya of Saratov University. Philology. Journalism, 2017, vol. 17, iss. 2, pp. 170-174. DOI: https://doi.org/10.18500/1817-7115-2017-17-2-170-174

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Heading:

Linguistics

UDC:

811.111’ 374.2

Language:

Russian

Revealing the Content of English Family Names in a Linguocultural Dictionary

The present article reports on the lexicographical description of culturally significant English family names being a part of English speakers’ background knowledge. The given structuring of a dictionary entry allows to reveal the content of such names including, in the broad sense, a set of cultural, historical, social, ethnic and other connotations.

Authors:

Garagulya

Sergey

Ivanovich

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Belgorod State Technological University named after V.G. Shukhov

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308012, Russia, Belgorod, Kostyukova st., 46

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garagulya@mail.ru

Key words:

anthroponym, culturally significant name, name content, family name, etymology