Proper Names Versus Common Nouns: Morphosyntactic Contrasts in the Languages of the World

by Javier and Helmbrecht

Recent research has shown that proper names morphosyntactically differ from common nouns in many ways. However, little is known about the morphological and syntactic/distributional differences between proper names and common nouns in less known (Non)-Indo-European languages. This volume brings together contributions which explore morphosyntactic phenomena such as case marking, gender assignment rules, definiteness marking, and possessive constructions...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110672472
• ISBN13: 9783110672473
• Release Date: June 2022
• Publisher: de Gruyter Mouton
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary