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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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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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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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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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Proper Names in Maupassant's Short Stories
Names, 1992 In his numerous novels and short stories, Guy de Maupassant used an enormous number of proper names, some of which were his own invention. He used a variety of methods to create names, and he used names in various ways, ranging from comical to ...
Charlotte Schapira
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Tulajdonnevek a nyelvatlaszokban
Névtani Értesítő, 2021 Proper names in linguistic atlases The study offers an overview of the proper names included in Hungarian linguistic atlases. First, the lexicons of these atlases are examined, emphasising the reasons behind the low number of proper names.
PANNA SZABÓ
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Reciprocal control of viral infection and phosphoinositide dynamics
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Phosphoinositides, although scarce, regulate key cellular processes, including membrane dynamics and signaling. Viruses exploit these lipids to support their entry, replication, assembly, and egress. The central role of phosphoinositides in infection highlights phosphoinositide metabolism as a promising antiviral target.
Marie Déborah Bancilhon, Bruno Mesmin
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Structural insights into an engineered feruloyl esterase with improved MHET degrading properties
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.A feruloyl esterase was engineered to mimic key features of MHETase, enhancing the degradation of PET oligomers. Structural and computational analysis reveal how a point mutation stabilizes the active site and reshapes the binding cleft, expading substrate scope.
Panagiota Karampa +5 more
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