A Frequency Dictionary of Proper Names in a Seventeenth-Century Original Text

Oksana Nika , Svitlana Hrytsyna Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, 60 Volodymyrska St, Kyiv, 01033, Ukraine In this paper, we have shown the features of our work at different stages of creating the Frequency Dictionary of Proper Names in a Seventeenth-Century Original Text – from preparing the ancient original text, compiling the Dictionary of Proper Names, classification of proper names into groups to the calculating the frequency of proper names in the text and presentation of the obtained results in a dictionary constructed in the descending frequency order. This is significant because:

1) the historical specificities of the textual material of the 17th century and its disclosure at the preparatory and subsequent stages of compiling this dictionary are taken into account;

2) groups of proper names are as detailed as possible, which makes it possible to establish both the ratio of proper names to the total number of words in the text and the frequency representation of each of the 24 groups of proper names;

3) the homonymy of proper names is removed by establishing hypero-hyponymic relations and contexts;

4) single- and multicomponent proper names are taken into account;

5) the problem of proper names variation is analyzed;

6) the figurative usage of proper names as part of stylistic tropes is also taken into account