How proper names enter the lexicon – From the Central Intelligence Agency to CIA: the reduction of full denominative expressions interpreted as a means to achieve (greater) lexicalization
This paper analyses the integration of proper names into the lexicon when they are reduced to initialisms, acronyms and clippings. We confirm their apparently abnormal inclusion in “common” dictionaries, despite their not being semantically or referentially modified, and analyse their distribution c...
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| Language: | English |
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Université Jean Moulin - Lyon 3
2022-12-01
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| Series: | Lexis: Journal in English Lexicology |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/lexis/6672 |
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