The article describes the role of the literary factor in the transition of proper names of literary heroes, including mythological and folkloric characters to the category of appellatives in argot. The author examines various groups of proper names, onyms which turn to appellatives, describes structural and genetic nests, including appellatives derived from «literary» onyms. It is concluded that the literary factor is typical and productive in the process of transition of proper names to appellatives in Russian argot.
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