Abstract
According to the dominant trend in Linguistic Studies, proper nouns with determinant, sometimes, or with determinant and restrictive complement, always, become common nouns. We think determination and complementation of the proper noun in Spanish shows a varied range of values −the basic aim of this article− among which the common noun conversion cannot take place. The former directs reality towards a designation from the proper noun just created by the speaker by means of joining together in a class individuals whose proper nouns are formally identical, or by different aspects from one individual who is recognized by his proper noun, or with features that are identified with a particular proper noun. The latter, the complementation, will involve whether modification of the initial individual denotation of the proper noun, or the modification of a denotation that no longer is individual, which results from a designation that is a speaker’s occasional product.
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