PSEUDONYMS INCLUDING CHURCH SLAVONIC NAMES OF CYRILLIC LETTERS: STRUCTURE AND METHODS OF FORMATION ARTICLE 2
In: Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta: naučnyj žurnal = Moscow State University bulletin. Serija 9, Filologija, Heft №3, 2023, S. 21-33
In the second article of a series devoted to the study of the structure and methods of formation of pseudonyms, which include in their composition Church Slavonic names of Cyrillic letters (based on the Dictionary of Pseudonyms of Russian Writers, Scientists and Public Figures by I.F. Masanov), complex pseudonyms are analyzed. It is established that they may include one or more Church Slavonic names of Cyrillic letters; complex pseudonyms can be motivated by the author's name entirely (all components are the names of Cyrillic letters and correlate with the first name, patronymic and/or surname of the author) or partially (at least one of the components does not correlate with the first name, patronymic and/or surname of the author), or not motivated by the author's name. The analysis of the material shows that in complex pseudonyms motivated by the author'sonym, the names of the letters that form the pseudonym are arranged in the order corresponding to the combination 'author's first name - surname' or 'author's first name - middle name', regardless of whether it corresponds to the order of the letters in the alphabet. It is found that in a number of cases the same authors used motivated simple and complex pseudonyms, correlated with different producing bases. A special group among pseudonyms motivated by the author'sonym are combinations of the Church Slavonic name of the first letter of the surname and the first letter of the first name or full name of the author. It is established that the use of the name of a letter when creating a complex pseudonym is often combined with the language game of the author, who resorts to the transformation of a precedent text (proverb, Church Slavonic cliché, two-word Church Slavonic name of a letter, etc.).