PRECEDENT-RELATED NOMINALS: CLASSES AND ORIGINS

Abstract

There are several problems and categories in linguistics, which are drawn on by almost any scientific branch striving at being popular. One of such phenomena is proper noun as opposed to common noun, and as having multiple communicative modifications. And, one of such modifications, which quite frequently occurs in modern discourse, is the transformation of proper noun into precedent-related nominal, a nominal (noun) that preserves the features of a proper noun, at the same time approximating a common noun. This article is dedicated to examining various aspects of the phenomenon of precedent-related nominals. The primary focus will be made here on cognitive-discursive and semantic aspects of precedent-related nominals. More specifically, the article will explore various classifications of precedent-related nominals based on different criteria and the origins of proper names most frequently transformed into precedent names.