Antroponymic author's neologisms with the seme "appearance" (on thematerial of fantasy-trilogy of J. R. R.Tolkien)
The article is devoted to the analysis anthroponyms with the seme «appearance of the person» which are considered as author's neologisms in the trilogy of J. R. R. Tolkien «The Lord of Rings». The research objective is to reveal their lexical and semantic peculiarities and linguocultural context as elements of virtual fiction space of the novel where the writer acts in the role of the creator, designing a unique world with a cultural-historical specificity and virtual ethnoses. The analysis of the dictionaries created by the researchers of the writer’s works and of the writer’s notes s well has shown that practically any anthroponym, functioning in the trilogy, is motivated and bears certain semantic, lexical and linguocultural meaning. Within the specified semantic group, certain semantic categories have been distinguished: «appearance» as it is and «behavior manner» which, in turn, are subdivided into narrower semantic subgroups. In addition, features of their perception and semantization are considered from the point of view of the initial recipient - the English-speaking reader - at phonetic, lexical and semantic and cultural levels. The semiotic space of the Middle-earth world in the trilogy is based on seven languages where Westron is marked by the writer as a common language. Nevertheless, not all languages are fully presented in the novel. Many anthroponyms make additional difficulties for the reader. All facts specified above bring up the question concerning the translator's competence and causes the necessity to create a clear appendix to the novel or paginal comments of the translator to help the reader. It was found out that all neologisms-antroponyms functioning in the fiction, possess certain features: 1) name imaginary literary characters; 2) the majority of them are the elements of the languages created by J. R. R. Tolkien, and thus, their meaning can be defined only with the help of special dictionaries and reference books; 3) some characters possess several names; 4) antroponyms contain some certain significant information «about the owners». Undoubtedly, the presented neologisms have a difficult multilevel structure. It is possible to make a conclusion that the author managed to create the complex integral versatile fiction Middle-earth world based on rich mythology in «The Lord of the Rings» space, where anthroponyms play one of the key roles in its perception by the reader.