THE TRANSITION OF NAMES: FROM PROPER NAMES TO COMMON NOUNS
The paper deals with proper names’ trend to be transformed into common nouns in both Bulgarian and English-language media texts. It traces the mechanisms leading to this transformation- using names in plural form, presence of a definite article, lack of capitalization and use of closed compounds. A...
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Konstantin Preslavsky University of Shumen
2018-11-01
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| description | The paper deals with proper names’ trend to be transformed into common nouns in both Bulgarian and English-language media texts. It traces the mechanisms leading to this transformation- using names in plural form, presence of a definite article, lack of capitalization and use of closed compounds. A combination of those mechanisms contributes further to the common meaning of the expression. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-040bcc16b7f6428c8ad07119a7051e6b2022-12-21T19:05:56ZengKonstantin Preslavsky University of ShumenStudies in Linguistics, Culture, and FLT2534-952X2534-95382018-11-014707710.46687/SILC.2018.v04.006THE TRANSITION OF NAMES: FROM PROPER NAMES TO COMMON NOUNSAleksandra Aleksandrova0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9669-6273Department of English Studies, Shumen University, BulgariaThe paper deals with proper names’ trend to be transformed into common nouns in both Bulgarian and English-language media texts. It traces the mechanisms leading to this transformation- using names in plural form, presence of a definite article, lack of capitalization and use of closed compounds. A combination of those mechanisms contributes further to the common meaning of the expression.http://silc.shu.bg/images/issues/2018/vol4/SILC_2018_4_070-077_8_EN.pdfnamesshift of meaningmetonymy |
| spellingShingle | Aleksandra Aleksandrova THE TRANSITION OF NAMES: FROM PROPER NAMES TO COMMON NOUNS Studies in Linguistics, Culture, and FLT names shift of meaning metonymy |
| title | THE TRANSITION OF NAMES: FROM PROPER NAMES TO COMMON NOUNS |
| title_full | THE TRANSITION OF NAMES: FROM PROPER NAMES TO COMMON NOUNS |
| title_fullStr | THE TRANSITION OF NAMES: FROM PROPER NAMES TO COMMON NOUNS |
| title_full_unstemmed | THE TRANSITION OF NAMES: FROM PROPER NAMES TO COMMON NOUNS |
| title_short | THE TRANSITION OF NAMES: FROM PROPER NAMES TO COMMON NOUNS |
| title_sort | transition of names from proper names to common nouns |
| topic | names shift of meaning metonymy |
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