The article explores the grammatical features of titles of English literary works as an important component of a literary text. Special attention is paid to identifying the main grammatical models of titles, their structural types, and functional-semantic characteristics. The study analyzes nominal, prepositional, predicative, and infinitive constructions used in the titles of English and American literary works. The findings demonstrate that the grammatical form of a title plays a significant role in shaping the semantic and pragmatic potential of a literary text and in conveying the author’s artistic intention.

Title, grammatical analysis, literary text, English literature, grammatical models, nomination.

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