Khodorenko A. V. Names of people groups: semantic aspects. The article deals with a semantic description
of general types of people groups names (PGN). Main semantic peculiarities are supposed to be given in the
article. Different examples of the names of various people groups (names of commercial enterprises, political
parties, creative groups) are suggested to illustrate PGN types and their semantics. The problem considered in
this article has to do with the development of semantic description of different names of people groups.
Language
material consists of a diverse groups of people including professional unities, the Internet's groups,
organizations, political societies etc. Theoretical basis of the present study is based on domestic and foreign
works considering linguo-stylistic, pragmatic, semantic, lexical and other aspects of linguistic units. The aims
and objectives are to consider semantic aspects of names initially considered to be empty from semantic point
of view and proved to be deeply motivated.
Key-words: denotat, significat, nomination, semantics.
