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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">RUDN Journal of Language Studies, Semiotics and Semantics</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">RUDN Journal of Language Studies, Semiotics and Semantics</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Теория языка. Семиотика. Семантика</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2313-2299</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2411-1236</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">41811</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2313-2299-2024-15-3-755-770</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="edn">GUOFXO</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>DISCURSIVE LINGUISTICS</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>ДИСКУРСИВНАЯ ЛИНГВИСТИКА</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Proper Names in English Humorous Discourse: at the Crossroads of Fundamental Theories and Entertainment</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Имя собственное на пересечении фундаментальных теорий и развлечений в англоязычном юмористическом дискурсе:</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7613-9744</contrib-id><contrib-id contrib-id-type="researcherid">HKW-0823-2023</contrib-id><contrib-id contrib-id-type="spin">6010-5223</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Kosichenko</surname><given-names>Elena F.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Косиченко</surname><given-names>Елена Федоровна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Dr.Sc. (Philology), Associate Professor, Department of Advertising, Public Relations and Linguistics</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>доктор филологических наук, доцент, профессор кафедры рекламы, связей с общественностью и лингвистики гуманитарно-прикладного института</p></bio><email>KosichenkoYF@mpei.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">National Research University «Moscow Power Engineering Institute»</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Национальный исследовательский университет «МЭИ»</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2024-12-03" publication-format="electronic"><day>03</day><month>12</month><year>2024</year></pub-date><volume>15</volume><issue>3</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">VOL 15, NO3 (2024)</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">ТОМ 15, №3 (2024)</issue-title><fpage>755</fpage><lpage>770</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2024-12-04"><day>04</day><month>12</month><year>2024</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2024, Kosichenko E.F.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2024, Косиченко Е.Ф.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2024</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Kosichenko E.F.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Косиченко Е.Ф.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/semiotics-semantics/article/view/41811">https://journals.rudn.ru/semiotics-semantics/article/view/41811</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>The aim is to reveal the role of personal names in creating comic effect in different types of humorous discourse. A special focus is placed on J.S. Mill’s, A. Gardiner’s, B. Russel’s theories of proper names. Emphasis is also laid on the contribution of H. Spencer, Ch. Darwin, B. Jonson and W. Shakespeare to the development of the general theory of humour. The basic research methods are semiotic, linguo-stylistic and etymological analysis, data interpretation, website traffic analysis. Theoretical works by British philosophers, scientists and writers can be used as a methodological foundation for studying personal names in humorous discourse. Analysis of English onomastic jokes, puzzles, articles from British magazines and internet-memes proves the pervasive nature of onomastic humour in English. The author hypothesizes that the interest of the most outstanding British thinkers taken in personal names and humour are hardly accidental and can be explained by the uniqueness of British culture and national identity.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>Автор исследует роль имен собственных как средства создания комического эффекта в различных типах юмористического дискурса. Отмечается, что исторически ключевая роль в изучении как имен собственных, так и юмора принадлежит именно британским философам, ученым и писателям, подчеркивается роль ономастических теорий Дж.С. Милля, А. Гардинера и Б. Рассела, а также акцентируется вклад Т. Гоббса, Г. Спенсера, Ч. Дарвина, Б. Джонсона и У. Шекспира в создание и развитие общей теории юмора. В качестве основных исследовательских методов использовались методы семиотического, лингвостилистического и этимологического анализа, метод интерпретации полученных данных и анализ активности подписчиков и гостей сайтов. Фундаментальные труды британских исследователей в области ономастики и юмора могут составить основу междисциплинарных исследований имен собственных в юмористическом дискурсе. Анализ ономастических шуток, загадок, статей из британских журналов, видеосюжетов, интернет-мемов доказывает, что имена собственные являются важной частью британской культуры и неизбежным элементом юмористического дискурса. Выдвигается предположение, что интерес со стороны выдающихся умов Британии к проблемам имен собственных и юмора обусловлен особенностями британской культуры и британской национальной идентичности.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>British onomastics</kwd><kwd>English humour</kwd><kwd>onomastic jokes</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>британская ономастика</kwd><kwd>имена собственные</kwd><kwd>английский юмор</kwd><kwd>ономастическая шутка</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Plato. (1999). Cratylus. https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1616/1616-h/1616-h.htm (accessed: 18.03.2024).</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="B2"><label>2.</label><mixed-citation>Aristotle. (2004). Rhetoric. Transl. by W. Rhys Roberts. Courier Corporation. 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