Proper Names as the Prototypical Nominal Category
Abstract Proper names are the prototypical, unmarked nouns; they refer rather than describe or predicate as do common nouns. Proper names systematically appear in close appositional structures of such types as the poet Burns, Hurricane Edna, Fido the dog, the City of London, where they constitute th...
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University Library System, University of Pittsburgh
2007-12-01
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| Series: | Names |
| Online Access: | http://ans-names.pitt.edu/ans/article/view/1816 |