EPONYMS IN THE FINANCIAL VOCABULARY

Abstract

Eponyms are to be found in most fields, however little research has been done so far, it being assigned to various compartments of linguistics and stylistics. The present paper represents a subdivision of a more complex study that aims at proving that eponymy may be considered a highly productive word building process within the scope of the scientific discourse. The intent of this paper is neither to dwell on the lexicologists’ debates regarding the status of eponymy that have not reached a consensus yet, nor to make an exhaustive theoretical approach to the eponyms or insist on any formal or structural aspect of what will
be outlined to be a general characterization.