http://t2.stooorage.com/thumbs/851/3217784_oxford-2bthe-2bgrammar-2bof-2bnames.jpg Title: The Grammar of Names Author(s): John M. Anderson Publisher: Oxford University Press Date: 2007 Pages: 387 Size: 1.58 Mb Format: PDF Quality: High Language: American English Contents: This book is the first systematic account of the syntax and semantics of names. Drawing on work in onomastics, philosophy, and linguistics John Anderson examines the distribution and subcategorization of names within a framework of syntactic categories, and considers how the morphosyntactic behavior of names connects to their semantic roles. He argues that names occur in two basic circumstances: one involving vocatives and their use in naming predications, where they are not definite; the other their use as arguments of predicators, where they are definite. This division is discussed in relation to English, French, Greek, and Seri, and a range of other languages. Professor Anderson reveals that the semantic status ...