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On the Im/Propriety of Brand Names
South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal, 2015 This paper asks what kind of modifications we might have to make to our conventional understandings of proper names to accommodate the im/propriety of brand names. On the basis of ethnographic research on a naming crisis at a Mumbai advertising agency, I
William Mazzarella
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Proper names between logos and praxis
Domínios de Lingu@gem, 2021 The editors’ target is much more than introducing the papers of this thematic issue to the reader. It can be considered a space devoted to discussing the Onomastics studies in Brazil, its status, and interdisciplinarity.
Patricia Carvalhinhos +1 more
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BANYUMAS PROPER NAMES: STRUCTURE AND CULTURAL REFLECTION [PDF]
, 2021 Proper name is a linguistic symbol that reflects people’s perspectives and thoughts over something. This study aims to reveal current naming convention in Banyumas from linguistic perspective and to describe naming classification which covers list of ...
Nurdiyanto, Erwita +2 more
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ENGLISH PROVERBS WITH proper names [PDF]
, 2023 The present article is devoted to investigation of proper names in the structure of proverbs of the English language. Theoretical content of the article is proved by numerous examples.
Abdullaeva Mekhrangiz
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Metaphor, metonymy and the nounness of proper names
Lexis: Journal in English Lexicology, 2022 Proper names are generally considered as a specific category of nouns. Research may focus on their specificities, but also, in the opposite perspective, on what they share with common nouns.
Pierre J.L. Arnaud
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Exploring How Japanese Second Language English Readers Respond to Proper Names
Onomástica desde América Latina, 2022 An assumption in second language (L2) vocabulary and reading research is that L2 readers can easily understand the proper names they encounter, though empirical support for this conjecture is lacking.
Kimberly Klassen
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Ukrainian and Belorussian Masculine Proper Names, Derived from Roman Mythological Names
Limbaj si Context, 2014 The research object of the present text refers to the Ukrainian and the Belorussian masculine proper names (and their variants) derived from the Roman mythological names. The aim is to present their full list and their initial meaning as well.
Gergana Petkova
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Translating Proper Names: a Functionalist Approach
Names, 2007 Proper names create special problems for translators. A typology of proper names is presented and their use in aesthetic-expressive and informative texts is discussed.
Anastasia Parianou
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Translate or transliterate? When metonymic names are more than proper names
Translation and Interpreting : the International Journal of Translation and Interpreting Research, 2022 This paper investigates problems surrounding translating and/or transliterating, examines a case study, and discusses how a poet/lover uses different appellations to purposefully address his beloved, which include the beloved’s actual name and three ...
Raja Lahiani
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