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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Konstantin Preslavsky University of Shumen
2018-11-01
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Series: | Studies in Linguistics, Culture, and FLT |
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Online Access: | http://silc.shu.bg/images/issues/2018/vol4/SILC_2018_4_070-077_8_EN.pdf |