Anthroponymic Unities and their Assessable Signs in Constructions of “Proper Name + Nickname” Class

This article analyses the issues related to anthroponymic unities of the class “proper name +nickname”. The author notes that such class of anthroponymic unities presented in oral conversational speech and in fiction context reflects important characterological semantics, imparting them a certain tonality. It is noted that anthroponymic unity classes “proper name + nickname” appear in the form of illustrations pointing to positive and negative qualities of a subject. “Proper name + nickname” as a anthroponymic unity is varied both in structure and in functional potentialities.