FUNCTIONS OF PERIPHERAL ONYMS IN A LITERARY TEXT (based on chrononyms and heortonyms in O. Ermakov's novel «The Sign of a Beast»)

Abstract

In the article chrononyms (the names of
periods and spots of time) and heortonyms (the names
of holidays) as the groups of peripheral proper names
are being studied; their definitions are being given; functions
of chrononyms and heortonyms are being analysed
using a contemporary Russian writer O. Ermakovs
novel «The Sign of a Beast»; their role in realization
of the theme and the idea of the work is revealed; the
importance of peripheral onyms study in a literary text is
being emphasized. It is shown that the cases when just
the proper names help to trace «the onomastic outline»
of the work are not rare.