ВОПРОСЫ ОНОМАСТИКИ | PROBLEMS OF ONOMASTICS

Dmitry V. Spiridonov
Ural Federal University
Ekaterinburg, Russia

On the Ways of Lexicalization of the French épigone ‘follower, imitator’ (in Addition to the Article by E. Dupraz and S. Leroy)

Citation information: Voprosy onomastiki (Problems of Onomastics). 2012. № 2 (13). Р. 96–107 (in Russian)

Abstract: The article analyzes the history of the French word épigone ‘follower, imitator’ as well as some general questions of historical and etymological description of the French derivatives from “ancient proper names”. The author maintains that for this type of words it is often possible to suggest multiple ways of lexicalization, the semantic development of the deonym resulting inter alia from semantic loans, either direct or inverse, between living languages under intense contact.

Key words: French language, deonym, lexicalization, cross-linguistic transfer, lexical loan, semantic loan

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