Nicknames in the 21st century english

Skora K. Nicknames in the 21st century english : bachelor’s paper : 035 Philology / Skora Kateryna. - Kyiv, 2023. - 62 с.

The scientific work is devoted to the study of English nicknames in the 21st century.
Modern linguists are most interested in the motivation of nicknames and specific reasons that lead to the appearance of a person’s unofficial name. This approach takes into account the historical aspect of the formation of nicknames of a person or toponymic objects. However, the motivation behind a nickname can be fluid and refined. The reason for the formation of a nickname can sometimes be so accidental that in use an informal name is also considered as unmotivated.
Most of the nicknames are figurative, but this figurativeness is of a generalized nature. Some nicknames really call some kind of character’s trait or external sign, while others are vaguely shaped, allow different interpretations, or are not related to the characteristics of a person at all. Investigations of the last 5-10 years confirm that the tradition of dividing nicknames into semantic groups remains unchanged. Such a division is interesting, since the historical aspect of the formation of nicknames is taken into account.
The object of research are English nicknames in 21st century.
The subject of the research are the structural and semantic features of English nicknames.