EN TORNO AL SEMANTISMO DE LOS NOMBRES PROPIOS. ENTRE DEBATE Y SÍNTESIS TEÓRICA

Authors

  • Yolanda Guillermina López Franco

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48075/rt.v10i20.10346

Keywords:

teoría del nombre propio, semántica, antroponimia.

Abstract

This paper explores the semantics of proper names and specifically focuses on the so-called “given names”. It draws on recent theoretical work in the field (Van Langendonck, 2007; Vaxelaire, 2007; Hébert, 2004; Caprini, 2001, among others), my own lexicological and socio-anthroponymic corpora studies of birth certificates, and a sociolinguistic survey. A discussion of the issues leads to the following conclusions: a) proper names are a part of the lexicon of a language and, as such, have meaning; b) the concept of norm is central in the determination of semantic content and functioning of proper names, and c) there is no absolute distinction between the lexical categories of common nouns and proper names, but rather a “name threshold” (Fabre, 1980) that, if crossed over  —initially in use, afterwards in the language—  enables us to move from one category to the other along a continuum.

Published

10-07-2014

How to Cite

LÓPEZ FRANCO, Y. G. EN TORNO AL SEMANTISMO DE LOS NOMBRES PROPIOS. ENTRE DEBATE Y SÍNTESIS TEÓRICA. Trama, Marechal Cândido Rondon, v. 10, n. 20, p. 69–83, 2014. DOI: 10.48075/rt.v10i20.10346. Disponível em: https://e-revista.unioeste.br/index.php/trama/article/view/10346. Acesso em: 17 jul. 2024.

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Section

ARTIGO