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Proper names in communication1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 November 2008

A. Sophia and
S. Marmaridou
A. Sophia
Affiliation:
English Department, University of Athens
S. Marmaridou
Affiliation:
English Department, University of Athens
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It has long been observed that, although proper names are mainly used to identify individuals uniquely in our universe of discourse, and therefore have a clearly referential function, they are also used connotatively, when, for example, they stand as a shorthand for whatever characteristics a specific individual may at one time have been associated with. These two uses can be illustrated in the following sentences:

(1) Judas was Jesus Christ's disciple who betrayed Him.

(2) Every great man nowadays has his disciples, but it is always Judas who writes the biography (Jespersen, 1965: 66).

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Journal of Linguistics , Volume 25 , Issue 2 , September 1989, pp. 355 - 372
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