Une hétérogénéité déconcertante : peut-on encore définir le nom propre ?

According to traditional grammar, the question regarding proper nouns is simple: they can be separated into personal names and place names, an additional category is sometimes added, and they are opposed to common nouns on a certain number of criteria (absence of a determiner, the initial is written...

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Main Author: Jean-Louis Vaxelaire
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Language:English
Published: Cercle linguistique du Centre et de l'Ouest - CerLICO 2023-11-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/corela/16214
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description According to traditional grammar, the question regarding proper nouns is simple: they can be separated into personal names and place names, an additional category is sometimes added, and they are opposed to common nouns on a certain number of criteria (absence of a determiner, the initial is written with a capital letter, etc.). However, as soon as we are confronted with authentic corpora, this simplicity is shattered: the category of proper nouns is much more heterogeneous than we usually think it is and the criteria generally used to define them sometimes become obsolete. We will try to classify the series of terms that have been proposed for analysis, either as proper nouns or as common nouns, with the help of the notion of norms and the linguistic context, as a new definition, different from the one that can be found in grammars, is necessary.
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spelling doaj-art-03eef64bafa34983a22e40d3342173b62024-12-09T15:07:18ZengCercle linguistique du Centre et de l'Ouest - CerLICOCorela1638-573X2023-11-014010.4000/corela.16214Une hétérogénéité déconcertante : peut-on encore définir le nom propre ?Jean-Louis VaxelaireAccording to traditional grammar, the question regarding proper nouns is simple: they can be separated into personal names and place names, an additional category is sometimes added, and they are opposed to common nouns on a certain number of criteria (absence of a determiner, the initial is written with a capital letter, etc.). However, as soon as we are confronted with authentic corpora, this simplicity is shattered: the category of proper nouns is much more heterogeneous than we usually think it is and the criteria generally used to define them sometimes become obsolete. We will try to classify the series of terms that have been proposed for analysis, either as proper nouns or as common nouns, with the help of the notion of norms and the linguistic context, as a new definition, different from the one that can be found in grammars, is necessary.https://journals.openedition.org/corela/16214contextdefinitionnormsproper namesheterogeneity
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Une hétérogénéité déconcertante : peut-on encore définir le nom propre ?
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title Une hétérogénéité déconcertante : peut-on encore définir le nom propre ?
title_full Une hétérogénéité déconcertante : peut-on encore définir le nom propre ?
title_fullStr Une hétérogénéité déconcertante : peut-on encore définir le nom propre ?
title_full_unstemmed Une hétérogénéité déconcertante : peut-on encore définir le nom propre ?
title_short Une hétérogénéité déconcertante : peut-on encore définir le nom propre ?
title_sort une heterogeneite deconcertante peut on encore definir le nom propre
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definition
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