grammatical coding of proper names

[Everett, Daniel]

I assume Lukas is not interested in hypocoristics and distinct phonological treatment of proper names?

Certainly these are part of the grammar, though not necessarily the morphosyntax.

Dan

http://daneverettbooks.com/docs/wccfl16fin.pdf

http://daneverettbooks.com/docs/suruwaha.pdf


On Dec 3, 2013, at 7:05 AM, Mark Van de Velde <vandevelde at VJF.CNRS.FR> wrote:

> Dear Lukas,
> In several Bantu languages Proper Names are distinguished from Common
> Nouns by their agreement properties. When I presented my research on this
> topic in Regensburg, my latest article was already submitted, but it took
> some time to appear (see the attachment).
> Will you post a summary of the replies on the list?
> All the best,
> Mark
> 
> Van de Velde, Mark (2009). Agreement as a grammatical criterion for proper
> name status in Kirundi. In: Onoma 44: 219-241. (written in 2011, appeared
> in January 2012)
> 
> 
>> Hello everyone,
>> 
>> We are looking for peculiarities of the grammatical coding of proper names
>> compared to common nouns (and pronouns) in the languages of the world.  In
>> particular we are interested in proper names in S, A and P function and
>> how they differ with regard to word order, case marking and agreement from
>> the treatment of common nouns in a particular language. Are there such
>> differences also in European languages?
>> 
>> This is follow up research of a paper that we gave at the last ALT
>> conference in Leipzig on the morphosyntactic coding of proper names and
>> the Animacy Hierarchy.
>> 
>> I would thank you for any examples you can give,
>> 
>> Best wishes,
>> Lukas Denk (University of Regensburg)
>> 
> 
> 
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> Mark Van de Velde
> C.N.R.S. - LLACAN
> http://llacan.vjf.cnrs.fr/pers/vandevelde/<van_de_Velde_ONOMA.pdf>