Proper Names versus Common Nouns

Morphosyntactic Contrasts in the Languages of the World
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-3-11-067247-3
Verlag: De Gruyter

Buch, Englisch, Band 29, 263 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 613 g

Reihe: Studia Typologica [STTYP]

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.

Zielgruppe

Scholars and students interested in General Linguistics, Morpholo

Autoren/Hrsg.

Caro Reina, Javier

Helmbrecht, Johannes

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Historische & Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft, Sprachtypologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Etymologie, Onomastik
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Grammatik, Syntax, Morphologie

Über Autor(innen)

Javier Caro Reina, Cologne University, Germany; Johannes Helmbrecht, Regensburg University, Germany.