MORPHOLOGICAL AND GRAMMATICAL FEATURES OF EPONYMS IN ENGLISH

<div>The lexical layer of the English language comprises a large number of</div> <div>terms, most of which are eponyms. This article analyzes the structural features of</div> <div>eponyms. In terms of content, eponymous terms are the most studied in the field of</div> <div>medicine, natural and exact sciences, while in linguistic terms, the unexplored aspects</div> <div>of eponyms allow for a number of studies. In this regard, the article describes the</div> <div>morphological and grammatical features of eponyms. Eponyms are divided into</div> <div>commonly used eponyms and terminological lexical units according to the use, and</div> <div>according to structural forms, they are divided into simple eponyms, compound</div> <div>eponyms and abbreviated eponyms.</div>