What can Verbal Derivation Tell us about Proper Names?
Proper names are always defined in relation to common nouns. No agreement on their definition has yet been reached. Following Philippe [2020: 445], the study explores the hypothesis that proper names are not nouns but borrow from the semantics, morphology and syntax of nouns, through a contrastive a...
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| Main Author: | Aurélie Héois |
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| Format: | Article |
| 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/6589 |
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