Frecvenţa eponimelor în discursul jurnalistic

Abstract

The present paper represents a subdivision of a more complex study that aims at proving that eponymy may be considered a highly productive word building process within the scope of the scientific discourse. Our intent is neither to dwell on the lexicologists’ debates regarding the status of eponymy, nor to
make an exhaustive theoretical approach to the eponyms or insist on any formal or structural aspect of what will be outlined to be a general characterization. Although eponyms are to be found in most fields, little research has been done so far to their proper study. Specialists have assigned them to various compartments of linguistics and stylistics. Eponymy is regarded as the process of deriving names from eponyms, thus creating new words. Our main concern is to provide a comprehensive framework for the lexical interpretation and illustration of eponymy in journalistic discourse. The contemporary terminology has undergone transformations in various specialized fields; therefore, new concepts have been introduced, thus contributing to the enrichment of the vocabulary. The percentage held by eponyms is considerable.