proper name
collocation in Englishmeaningsofproperandname
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proper
adjective
uk/ˈprɒp.ər/us/ˈprɑː.pɚ/
real, satisfactory, suitable, ...
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name
noun
uk/neɪm/us/neɪm/
the word or words that a person, thing, or place is ...
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(Definition ofproperandnamefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofproper name
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On defining thepropername.
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A person'spropernameis sometimes even a secret.
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Another problem related to foreign but transparent words in apropername.
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Apropernamehas certain of the semantic properties of a pronoun but with constant reference.
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Everypropernameis commented on, even if only to observe that no details are available.
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An experimental study is needed to fully illuminate what speakers do in onlinepropernameand place name adaptation.
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What determines whether something is apropernameis not its internal structure but how it is used.
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A first-level predicate is a sentence ' with a hole in it ' suitable to be filled by apropername.
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No support was found for the hypothesis that children extend the block onpropernameheads to wh-relatives.
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If the word is apropername, the word and the suffix are separated using an apostrophe.
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When thepropernamereading is correct, it is counted as a successful analysis; spuriouspropername readings (as in the case of windzwr) are counted as spurious analyses.
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Call it by itspropername.
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Hence, it is unlikely that any primitive mental representation contained any equivalent of apropername, that is, an individual constant.
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The latter is composed of the head or of the head with modifiers in case they form a collocation orpropername.
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Both systems also attempt to separate potential prefixes from forms which obtain no analysis, and to produce more than onepropernameanalysis.
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Hence, it was no longer possible to use a personal pronoun to refer to it, but it became necessary to use apropernameagain.
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There are sentences in which a previously mentionedpropernameis repeated in a reduced form, relying on the generic component.
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The preverbal position may be filled by apropername, by a noun phrase or by one of several grammatical morphemes.
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It should therefore be possible to use un-annotated corpora for verifying whether a proposed form is indeed apropername.
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Experiments 1 to 3 provide evidence that children are also aware that wh-relatives are optionally non-restrictive and can take apropernameas antecedent.
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Both of the systems are capable of producing apropernameanalysis for outof-lexicon items; in most cases, this analysis is correct.
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Experiments 1 to 4 provide evidence that children are aware of the block on apropernameas head of a restrictive relative clause.
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