On Cognitive Onomastics

Abstract

The emergence of cognitive linguistics is determined not only by the history of linguistics but also by the development of cognitive studies and the formation of cognitive science in a broader perspective. Since the 1960s, there has been a revolution in linguistics called cognitivism. The cognitive approach to studying various language units is critical in linguistics today. From this point of view, cognitive linguistics, cognitive semantics, cognitive grammar, cognitive lexicography, etc., differ individually. Emphasizing cognitive onomastics among the fields included in cognitive linguistics is relevant. Why should cognitive onomastics be emphasized? Traditional methods of studying proper names need to be more efficient. Their use does not allow us to answer the urgent questions of modern linguistics: how is information fixed, stored and transmitted in onyms? Defined direction results from consistently applying the fundamental principles of cognitive linguistics to onomastics. The article deals with reconstructing onomastic concepts and building a comprehensive conceptual network that motivates all conditional and potential uses of a proper name. The article also discusses the relation between cognitive linguistics and onomastics. Various scientific sources were used to write the article. We note that the modern trends of onomastics include the study of onomastic concepts and conceptual fields, the study of the cognitive aspect of nomination, the review of the conceptual derivation of proper names, the study of the creative potential of appropriate names and Internet onomastics.