FREQUENCY ANALYSIS OF PROPER NAMES IN TEXTBOOKS ON THE ACADEMIC DISCIPLINE 'CLASSICAL LITERATURE'
In: Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta: naučnyj žurnal = Moscow State University bulletin. Serija 9, Filologija, Heft №5, 2023, S. 73-85
The article is devoted to the frequency analysis of anthroponymic units
in textbooks on the discipline 'Classical Literature'. The analysis of these lexical units
was carried out in two stages — first by computer, and then by manual processing
of texts. The objective of the research was to identify the lexical features of the text
of the subject area, as well as the features of the frequency dictionary of the discipline
'Classical Literature', due to the uniqueness of the course under consideration. The
article discusses one of the features of the terminological component of the discipline
'Classical Literature' — terminological syncretism. The essence of this concept in
the discipline under consideration is that on the pages of textbooks on Classical
Literature for higher educational institutions, you can find the terminology of
other areas of knowledge. Thus, the study of the discipline under consideration
presupposes knowledge of the terminological units of such fields of knowledge as
history, philosophy, rhetoric, and others. Also, in the course of the research, it was
possible to identify the feature of the composition, the specifics of the types and
functions of anthroponyms in textbooks on Classical Literature against the background of other disciplines. In addition, the automated frequency analysis of vocabulary made it possible to identify the richest and poorest textbooks in terms of
the number of anthroponyms, as well as unique anthroponyms. Automated analysis
of anthroponyms in textbooks has both methodological and scientific value. Methodologically this research is important for preparation the lexical minimum of the
discipline. And its scientific significance consists in the fact that frequency analysis
correlates with the periodization of the object of research and with the point of view
of each of the authors on it.