31.2915, Books: Aspects of the grammar of names: Levkovych, Nintemann (eds.)

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Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2020 21:13:01
From: Ulrich Lueders [contact at lincom.eu]
Subject: Aspects of the grammar of names: Levkovych, Nintemann (eds.)

 


Title: Aspects of the grammar of names 
Subtitle: Empirical case studies and theoretical topics 
Series Title: LINCOM Studies in Language Typology 33  

Publication Year: 2020 
Publisher: Lincom GmbH
	   http://www.lincom-shop.eu
	

Book URL: lincom-shop.eu/LSTL-64-Aspects-of-the-grammar-of-names/en 


Editor: Nataliya Levkovych
Editor: Julia Nintemann

Electronic: ISBN:  9783969390078 Pages: 191 Price: Europe EURO 128


Abstract:

The articles of this volume contribute to the research of the grammar of
names, a newly established and constantly growing linguistic field.
Concentrating on two onymic categories, viz. person names (anthroponyms) and
place names (toponyms), the five studies give insights into several aspects of
the grammar of names, e.g. the position of onyms in the grammar system of a
given language, morphosyntactic distinctive features of names, or the use of
articles with onyms. The empirical evidence (synchronic as well as diachronic
language data) for these studies comes primarily from Austronesian, Siouan,
and Romance languages. Two in-depth studies on anthroponyms in a Siouan
language spoken in North America and toponyms in an Austronesian language of
Micronesia, respectively, are framed by comparative and typological surveys.
By providing insight into the grammar of names both of individual languages
and from a typological perspective, it is shown that onyms do not always share
the same features as common nouns, although they are often treated as a
subcategory of these. This volume thus contributes to the discussion on
whether onyms can be subsumed under the same notion as common nouns or rather
comprise a category on their own.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Typology


Written In: English  (eng)

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