SEMANTIC CHARACTERISTICS OF DONCHAN SURNAMES
The article is devoted to the issues of studying the lexical-semantic and structural-semantic characteristics of the generic names of the Donetsk people. These features of these units are understood by the author as semantic characteristics that have received lexical and structural design in the names of Donbass residents. Many scientists paid attention to the study of these issues. However, the specific characteristics of the surnames of Donetsk residents remain poorly understood. The purpose of the work performed was to analyze the surnames of residents of the Donetsk region and establish the features that they record. In the process of analyzing the array of genus names, several typical groups of surnames of Donbass residents were identified. The presence of changes in semantic meaning in the surnames of the modern generation of Donbass residents was revealed. The results of the research carried out are of interest to both scientists and the bearers of surnames themselves. Awareness of the origin, meaning and meaning of one's own surname, the name of a kind, increases the self-esteem of the individual, predetermines the emergence of responsibility for the actions performed in front of the whole family in the present and the future.