Stylistic functions of possessive and demonstrative pronominal adjectives combined with animate substantives

The article examines combinations of animate substantives with possessive and demonstrative pronominal adjectives. Most of the focus is on anthroponyms which are completely concrete within a context. Accompanying attributives are seldom used in their primary meanings but usually develop their secondary meanings becoming stylistically marked. The article illustrates how the choice of pronominal adjectives defining an anthroponyms discovers the speaker’s intention.