FUNCTIONING OF TOPONYMS IN M.V. SHCHERBAKOV’S ESSAYS “ODYSSEYS WITHOUT ITHACA”

Abstract

The article analyzes functioning of toponyms in M.V. Shcherbakov’s essays “Odysseys without Ithaca”, considers the formal and semantic onymization of toponymic objects of Primorsky Krai, taking into account the influence of context on the implementation of the semantics of linguistic units and the presence of an implicit author’s assessment in the text, as well as the actual context of statements. The author of the article investigates the toponymic space of the Vladivostok text in order to identify the role of toponyms as part of syntactic constructions in the formation of chronotope and multiculturalism as a characteristic feature of the Vladivostok text, analyze lexical and semantic variants of the implementation of toponyms involved in revealing the image of Vladivostok as a port city.