Polylinguality and Transcultural PracticesPolylinguality and Transcultural Practices2618-897X2618-8988Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)13082Research ArticleTHE STRUCTURE AND SOCIOPRAGMATICAL POTENTIAL OF NOMINATIVE ROWS IN THE CREATIVE WORKS BYV.P. ASTAFJEV AND H. BÖLL: THE COMMON AND PECULIAR FEATURESSheverinovaO V-Vitebsk State University named after P.M. Masherov15022016210511217092016Copyright © 2016, Sheverinova O.V.2016The problem of functioning of characters’ nominative rows in literary works within modern scientific paradigm is characterized by fractional theoretical description and the necessity of new applied approaches in the presentation and description of the material as well as development of sociopragmatic ways in the study of literary anthroponyms. Male and female nominative rows presented in the works by V.P. Astafjev and H. Bӧll are described in the article in the comparative way. Their length, structural, sociosemiotic, linguistic and pragmatic specificity are defined. It is proved that the textual significance and the frequency of the nominative row are directly proportional.anthroponymnominative rowthe range of social indicatorsliterary onomastical spaceантропонимноминационный рядспектр социальных индикацийхудожественный ономастикон