30.3792, Qs: Relationship Between Article and Proper Noun

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LINGUIST List: Vol-30-3792. Tue Oct 08 2019. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 30.3792, Qs: Relationship Between Article and Proper Noun

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Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2019 06:46:23
From: Yukiho Shiratori [yukiho4ra10ri at gmail.com]
Subject: Relationship Between Article and Proper Noun

 
I am a female university student majoring English Linguistics. I am wondering
how many proper nouns are used with articles such as "a","an" or "the" and
possessive such as "my" in the sentence like normal nouns are. Please tell me
what kind of proper nouns are used like normal nouns and why the proper nouns
"kleenex" and "TOYOTA" become like normal nouns.

In addition, Do you use characters' names with articles or possessive?
 

Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics

Subject Language(s): English (eng)



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