Names and nicknames

Linguist
Dictionary-maker
Journalist
Lexicographer
Translator
Diplomat
Ambassador
PROFESSIONS

The programme of learning of
English language for Russian secondary school does not touch upon this subject in greater detail
PROBLEM

ACTUALITY
Examination of names and nicknames of places and things in the aspect of culture-oriented linguistics will have a positive influence on the knowledge of the progress of language, contemporary speech, literature and culture of English-speaking countries

American names and nicknames
OBJECT
PURPOSE
To examine American names and nicknames
of places and things

To analyse educational and scientific literature on the research problem;
To determine the main term of the word “nickname”;
To examine the place of nicknames in everyday life of society;
To study subdivisions of nicknames;
To view the examples that prove the importance of nicknames;
To analyze Linguistic and Cultural Guide and the dictionary of names and nicknames;
To conclude the results of an interview;
To systematize findings.
TASKS:

The method of study of documents (educational and scientific literature, dictionaries);
The usage of Internet;
Taking an interview.
METHODS OF RESEARCH

Nickname
– a familiar, invented given name for a person or thing;
- a kind of byname that describes a person by a characteristic of that person.

Friendly
Hostile
Neutral
Individual
Generic
SUBDIVISIONS OF NICKNAMES

INTERVIEW

RESULTS OF AN INTERVIEW

Is it possible to learn about American names and nicknames at school?

PERCENTAGE OF NICKNAMES IN
LILGUISTIC AND CULTURAL GUIDE

Task 1
Match two parts of the sentences:

Task 2
Choose the appropriate answer
1. What is The City of Firsts?
a) A nickname of Kokomo, Indiana;
b) A nickname of Greece;
c) A nickname of Brooklyn.
2. What is The City of the Seven Hills?
a) A nickname of Syracuse;
b) A nickname for Rome;
c) A nickname of Broadway.
3. What is Dog Star?
a) A nickname of area in London;
b) A name for the star Sirius;
c) A nickname for the steam engines.
4. What is Black Diamond?
a) A nickname of petroleum;
b) Jewel;
c) A nickname for coal.

Big Apple
NEW YORK

Red Planet
MARS

The City of Masts
LONDON

Black Diamond
COAL

Great White Way
BROADWAY

PERCENTAGE OF NAMES AND NICKNAMES
IN THE DICTIONARY