ANTHROPONYMS WITH EVALUATIVE MEANING IN THE FRENCH LANGUAGE

Abstract

   The article investigates the problem of systematic study of anthroponomic nouns with the evaluative meanings in modern French language In this article, the main features of the textual meaning of evaluative anthroponyms in modern French are being considered. The inclusion of the evaluative category in the semantics of words provides grounds to believe that it is present in the semantic structure of all lexical-grammatical categories of words (nouns, adjectives, verbs, etc.). The evolution of a word as a source of expressing evaluation manifests diversely in its various lexical-grammatical categories. Nouns - anthroponyms possess distinctive characteristics as a special lexical-grammatical category of words. The evaluative category is reflected in the semantics of anthroponyms in two evaluative aspects: positive and negative. In the semantic structure of each evaluative anthroponym, there exists either a positive or a negative component, determining the evaluative functions of the noun - anthroponym. In this regard, it is sufficient to compare the dictionary definitions of the following words: