A GRAMMATICAL STUDY OF PERSONAL NAMES IN PRESENT- DAY ENGLISH: WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE USAGE OF THE DEFINITE ARTICLE.

Focuses on grammatical structures of personal names in English used as naming expressions in discourse and their definite article usage. Official names of persons; Frequency of occurrence of honorific adjectives followed by personal names; Grammatical patterns of nicknames and epithets.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:	English Studies Vol. 85; no. 3; pp. 241 - 260
Main Author:	Tse, Grace Y. W.
Format:	Literary Criticism
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Jun2004
Subjects:	Personal names English language Article (Grammar) Adjectives Nicknames Epithets
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Summary:	Focuses on grammatical structures of personal names in English used as naming expressions in discourse and their definite article usage. Official names of persons; Frequency of occurrence of honorific adjectives followed by personal names; Grammatical patterns of nicknames and epithets.