Precedent names in the language of modern ukrainian journalism

Abstract

The problem of precedent is one of the most relevant for modern linguistics. Its theoretical design and development, including the development of the basics of terminology and metalanguage, the development of mechanisms, and methods of analysis of specific test material chronologically initiated in the 1980s. In the proposed article, the main subject of consideration is the precedent name. This basic variety of precedent phenomena belongs to the sphere of cultural and linguistic competence, which enables self-identification of a person as a representative of a certain ethnic group and bearer of the corresponding culture to a certain culture by recognizing its values, norms, ideas, priorities, tastes, traditions, etc.