O abordare critică a Gramaticii limbii române: tipuri de construcții cu numele proprii modificate
A Critical Approach to Romanian Language Grammar: Types of Constructions with Modified Proper Names

Summary/Abstract: The paper intends to evaluate some important parts of the article concerning the grammar of proper names published in Gramatica limbii române (Romanian Academy Press 2008) in order to explore in greater depth the syntactic capacity of proper names and to improve some statements in regard to their meaning and function in language and discourse. Although the modification of common nouns is presented in the aforementioned book, the capacity of proper names of aquiring a modifier in discourse is completely neglected. The paper focuses on four main constructions with proper nouns accompanied by modifiers (indefinite article, definite article, adjective) and their exemplification in order to highlight the grammatical behaviour of proper nouns and the stylistic features of the concerned constructions.

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