LINGUISTIC AND EXTRALINGUISTIC COMPOSANTS IN THE PROPER NAME MEANING
The article examines the problem of the proper names meaning, which cannot be defined without reference to extra-linguistic references fixed in the encyclopedia by descriptions of information about the possessors of studied names. Analyzing the names definitions of historical personalities, biblical, mythological and literary characters, the author underlines that objective information and subjective perception are closely intertwined in the significative component, but with varying degrees. For historical, biblical and mythological names, the descriptions of real events related to their possessors’ life are mostly relevant, whereas the meaning of literary names is based on a generalized author’s image uniquely perceived by representatives of a certain linguocultural community.