The grammar of names / John M. Anderson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Anderson, John M. (John Mathieson), 1941-

Series:

Oxford linguistics.

Oxford linguistics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Onomastics.

Reference (Linguistics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (388 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is the first systematic account of the syntax and semantics of names. Drawing on work in onomastics, philosophy, and linguistics John Anderson examines the distribution and subcategorization of names within a framework of syntactic categories, and considers how the morphosyntactic behaviour of names connects to their semantic roles. He argues that names occur in two basic circumstances: one involving vocatives and their use in naming predications, where they are notdefinite; the other their use as arguments of predicators, where they are definite. This division is discussed in relati

Contents:

Preface

Conventions and abbreviations

Pt. I. Why names? 1. Notional grammar and names ; 2. Implementation of a notional grammar

Pt. II. Approaches to the study of names. 3. Prelude to a survey of name studies ; 4. Onomastics ; 5. Remarks on the philosophy of names ; 6. Studies on the linguistics of names

Pt. III. Towards a grammar of names. 7. Observations concerning names and related categories ; 8. The syntax of names ; 9. Names and the lexicon

References

Author index

Subject index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [335]-352) and index.

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ISBN:

0-19-953395-4

1-281-14566-1

1-4294-8712-7

9786611145668

0-19-153813-2

OCLC:

170754863