https://doi.org/10.31174/SEND-Ph2020-241VIII72-14 

Abstract. The article is devoted to the research of anthroponyms in the language of Turkish poetry at the beginning of the 20th century and the functions they perform in the literary text. The research is carried out on the material of the poetry of Turkish poets of the early 20th century (E. B. Koryuurek H. F. Ozansoy, Yu. Z. Ortach, O.S. Orkhon, F. N. Chamlibel). Over the past few years, the focus of linguistic research has been on vocabulary that reflects the cultural and ethnic characteristics of a particular nation, its understanding and perception of the world. Anthroponyms are an important linguistic-stylistic means of national or regional identification of characters and often characterize the level of national linguistic consciousness of denotates, the analysis of which is in the field of topical issues of cultural linguistics. The names of people are simultaneously in the linguistic and cultural planes, they store in themselves certain social information (nationality, religion, origin, etc.), in addition, they often have a certain emotional load, associations with real people who once lived, or with mythical characters known or popular among the carriers of this ethnoculture. In Turkish poetry of the early 20th century, vocabulary marked with a characteristic cultural component is often found, the knowledge of which allows the reader to understand and fully feel the flavor of the Turkish language and culture. In this study, as an example of such vocabulary, anthroponyms and their functions in a literary text are analyzed. The article provides relevant examples of anthroponyms, their translation, sources of origin, historical prerequisites for the formation of such names, as well as an analysis of the connotations they have for the Turkish recipient. In poetry of the early twentieth century anthroponyms are largely represented by the names of the characters of classical literary works (Leila, Majnun, Asli, Kerem, Shirin and Farhad), the names of the Turkic rulers (Oguz Khan, Sultan Mehmed II Fatih, Abdulmejid), the names of the Byzantine emperors (Constantine, Yustami) Ottoman Empire (Zaganos Pasha, Turhan Bey, Ulubatly Hasan, Karadzha Pasha), the names of famous figures (Nedim, Fuzuli, Nefi, Sinan), among which the most frequent is Ataturk, names associated with religions (Yunus, Ali, Abel and Cain, Khidr, Ilyas, Jesus, Muhammad, Moses, etc.), as well as symbolic names and ethnonyms. As a result of research on the material of poetry, it was proved that anthroponyms in Turkish poetry of the early 20th century perform various functions in a literary text, reflect the value priorities of speakers of the Turkish language and culture, and are means of reconstructing the worldview of the Turkish ethnos. Studying anthroponyms and symbols that are encoded in them, we achieve an understanding of a huge layer of contextual information, phenomena that contain the cultural and historical specifics of the nation, which is a fundamental factor in understanding national consciousness, mentality and provides undeniable assistance in building a constructive dialogue with native speakers of the Turkish language.