Key words: onomasticon, stylistics, anthroponym, ethnonym, toponym, emotion, expressiveness.
G.B. Bashirova
Role of onomasticon in English stylistics
Summary
In appearance of expressive and emotional lexicon onomasticon is of great importance,
Under the influence a number of extra-linguistic factors numerous toponyms, etnonyms and
other onomastic units in the English language have got emotional stylistic meanings thereby
enriching English idiomatic lexicon.
Onomastic metaphors are also significant linguistic units in training emotionally coloured
English words.
Stylistically coloured English onomasticon covers toponyms, anthroponyms and
ethnonyms, with extra-linguistic factors have got various emotional and expressive meanings
that have become a rich source of English stylistics.
