The semantic potential of anthroponyms in M.A. Sholokhov’s novel “They Fought for Their Country”
Journal: Neophilology
Year: 2025

INTRODUCTION . The study presents an analysis of the anthroponyms of the characters in M.A. Sholokhov’s novel “They Fought for Their Country”. The authors consider personal names, patronymics and surnames as semantic dominants, allowing M.A. Sholokhov to give any hero of the work a concise but succinct description reflecting the ideological and thematic concept of the novel. The purpose of the study is to identify the semantic content of the anthroponyms of the novel “They Fought for Their Count