Recent research has shown that proper names morphosyntactically differ from common nouns in many ways. However, little is known about the morphological and syntactic/distributional differences between proper names and common nouns in less known (Non)-Indo-European languages. This volume brings together contributions which explore morphosyntactic phenomena such as case marking, gender assignment rules, definiteness marking, and possessive constructions from a synchronic, diachronic, and typological perspective. The languages surveyed include Austronesian languages, Basque, English, German, Hebrew, and Romance languages. The volume contributes to a better understanding not only of the contrasts between proper names and common nouns, but also of formal contrasts between different proper name classes such as personal names, place names, and others.

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Yes, you can access Proper Names versus Common Nouns by Javier Caro Reina, Johannes Helmbrecht, Javier Caro Reina,Johannes Helmbrecht in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Languages & Linguistics & Science General. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

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Publisher

De Gruyter Mouton

Year

2022

eBook ISBN

9783110672749

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Topic

Languages & Linguistics

Subtopic

Science General

Index

Languages & Linguistics

Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Acknowledgements
Morphosyntactic contrasts between proper names and common nouns: an introduction
Personal names versus common nouns Crosslinguistic findings from morphology and syntax
The definite article with personal names in Romance languages
River names Definite articles and place names in West-Germanic and Romance
Proper names with and without definite articles: preliminary results
On personal names in construct states in Modern and Biblical Hebrew
Von Heidel- nach Bamberg, von Eng- nach Irland? ‘From Heidel- to Bamberg, from Eng-to Ireland?’ On the delimitation of appellative proper names and genuine proper names
D-marking on Basque personal names from a synchronic and diachronic perspective
On Special Onymic Grammar (SOG): Definiteness markers in Fijian and selected Austronesian languages

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