Instytut Języka Polskiego Polskiej Akademii Nauk
The aim of the paper is to address a centuries-old question: What is a proper name? However, the question seems to be asked incorrectly. One should rather ask about the nature of properhood and the criteria used to assess the level of properhood of a given language sign. In the article, proper name is defined as a bilateral sign consisting of “the signifier” (an onym or an onymic form) and “the signified”. Building on that, several types of possible meanings within a single proper name are listed: the denotational, the referential, the etymological, and the structural meaning. This constitutes a frame of reference for a classification of the criteria of properhood found in selected works of Polish material-oriented name researchers. Finally, a concept of poly-polar “space of properhood” is proposed, which is constituted by a set of several separate scales, indicating levels of properhood of each single language sign.
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8 lut 2022
8 lut 2022
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https://rcin.org.pl./publication/270785
Trudzik, Zbigniew
Włoskowicz, Wojciech
Włoskowicz, Wojciech
Włoskowicz, Wojciech
Sudra, Paweł
Bański, Jerzy (1960– )
Hensel, Witold (1917–2008)