English Surnames (Английские фамилии)

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Руководитель:
Аникеенко Наталья Владимировна,

учитель английского языка Муниципального общеобразовательного учреждения «Школа № 60 города Донецка»

names.
Anthroponomastics, the study of personal names (anthroponyms), is one

of the principal branches of onomastics.
Anthroponym is a personal name.
The componential analysis is an attempt to describe the meaning of words in terms of a universal inventory of semantic components and their possible combinations.

place of surnames (anthroponyms) in the system of proper names

in the English language.

Objectives of this study:
- To show the features of the English surnames origin. - To analyse the history of the emergence of English surnames. - To consider the methods and sources of the English surnames formation. - To study and analyse the origin of the surname “Sweet” and its place in the system of language and society.

is a name that is given at birth and stands

first in a person’s full name.
Middle name is the second name of a person. It stands between the first name and the family name.
Last name/surname/family name is a family name used by the members of the same family.

urban areas
Improved record keeping
Clans and families wanted to

be distinguishable from neighbours
Rise of Christianity with need of surname at baptism

and June, 1483)

"They shall take unto them a

Surname, either of some Town, or some Colour, as Black or Brown, or some Art or Science, as Smyth or Carpenter, or some Office, as Cooke or Butler."

name of the father

those arising from bodily or personal characteristics

those

derived from locality or place of residence

those derived from occupation

the father
Surnames arising from bodily or personal characteristics
by adding a

prefix or suffix denoting either "son of" or a diminutive:
"son" (or the contraction "s")
"ing“
"kin"
Gaelic "Mac“
Norman "Fitz“
Irish "0“
Welsh "ap"

were in the first instance nicknames.

character traits

descriptive terms

residence
. Surnames derived from occupation
"atte"
"ford“
"ham“
"ley“
"ton“
Sources of peoples' surnames:
nationalities
cities
villages

architectural features
geographical features

suffix 'er‘
This category includes the most common of all English language surnames Smith
(3 million people in the United States and more than 500,000 people in the United Kingdom).

)
marriage
to dissociate themselves from a wrongdoer
simple spelling mistakes
immigration (to sound

more English)

created from a nickname
was used to denote an affable, kind

person
The first documented information about this name dates back to AD 970.
Related and similar surnames : Sweat, Sweatt, Sweatte, Swait, Swatt, Swee, Swede, Sweed, Swatts, Sweeet, Swedt, Sweeat, Sweate, Swat, Swate, Sweatd, Sweats, Sswat, Swayt, Swaat, Sweath, Sweatts, Swaite, Swayte, Sweates, Swaitt, Scwietz, Skwat
Surname Sweet is used in 44 countries.

film actress

Darrell Sweet (musician)
(1947-1999), a co-founder and drummer of the

band Nazareth

American children's illustrator
Denise Sweet, a Native American poet and

academic

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INTERNET RESOURCES
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/.../Category: English-lan
www.britishsurnames.co.uk
https://en.wiktionary.org/.../
www.ancestory.co.uk/lear/facts