Los nombres propios: ¿lexemas o morfemas?

Abstract

The aim of this study is to tackle the semantic function of proper names, analysing whether they may be included within lexemes or morphemes. To do so we take into consideration some of the classifications and characterisations that, from Philosophy and Linguistics, have benn proposed. These different proposals seem organised on the basis of their similitudes: the most fréquentes ones are "the reference theory" and "the concept theory". We posit the differences proper names exhibit with respect to nouns, which in fact support their inclusion as deictic morphemes. Once their category has been established, the several uses should be explained in terms of syntactic combinatory. All in all, it is a study on the semantics and syntax of proper names.