ARE PROPER NAMES LEXICО-GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF A NOUN?

Abstract

Aim. To substantiate an unconventional view of the linguistic status of a proper name as a special structural and semantic type of words. Methodology. The author uses a descriptive method to analyze theoretical and practical material, which allows us to see the contradictions in the traditional approach to the proper name as a lexical and grammatical category of a noun. Results. The analysis showed that the traditional approach does not consider the peculiarities of individual characterization inherent in the proper name. It is concluded that proper names represent a special type of language signs and are distinguished not in the system of parts of speech, but in the system of structural and semantic types of words. This allows us to clarify the system of lexical and grammatical categories of the noun as a part of speech. Research implications. The article contributes to the development of V. Vinogradov's concept of structural and semantic types of words and parts of speech, as well as to the development of the theory of proper names in the context of the lexical and grammatical approach to parts of speech.