The Actualization of the Proper Name ‘Disney’ in Onomastics and in Linguistics and Culture

The given article tends to research the actualization of the personal name ‘Disney’ in onomastics and in linguistics and culture. The study is based on selected linguistic units (words and word-combinations) containing the proper name ‘Disney’. In the field of onomastics the personal name ‘Disney’ is actualized as a toponymic anthroponym (personal name), pragmatonym, ergonym, lingvonim, eponym. The personal name ‘Disney’ is found in word-combinations as an attributive diffirentiating component which characterizes lexical units belonging to professional and special vocabulary. The component ‘Disney’ became part of the word-building paradigm of the English language. It coined a row of single-root words, most of them are slang and vulgar words. The analyzed language units with the personal component ‘Disney’ were coined with the help of the following ways of word-building: contamination, derivation, composition. According to the given study words and word combinations with the personal name ‘Disney’ contain semantics which is connected with the business and production of The Disney Company, that’s why understanding such lexical units relate to background knowledge of linguistics, culture and history.