¿Tienen significado los nombres propios? Una aproximación al debate inconcluso en torno a la semántica y (difusa) categorización de nombres propios y comunes
- Christian Bahr 1
- Héctor Eutimio Hernández Arocha 2
- 1 Universität Leipzig, Alemania
- 2 Universität Erfurt, Alemania
ISSN: 0049-8661, 1865-9063
Año de publicación: 2018
Volumen: 134
Número: 2
Páginas: 329-348
Tipo: Artículo
Otras publicaciones en: Zeitschrift für romanische Philologie
Resumen
This paper discusses the major linguistic theories concerned with the distinction between proper and common names. At the same time, it aims to show that a border line between both categories cannot be drawn without answering the question about the capacity of proper names to express denotative meaning. There seems to be little agreement in this respect since the classical points of view linked to Mill and Jespersen, which is why linguists and philosophers still lack a common understanding on this point. In order to clarify the origin of this debate, it will be approached from different perspectives and fields of linguistics, including an analysis of Eugenio Coseriu’s position revealed in a manuscript on this topic made available by the Eugenio-Coseriu-Foundation (www.coseriu.org) and which has remained unpublished until nowadays.