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Höskuldur Þráinsson
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SUMMARY
‘“Dances with Wolves” and Other Names’
Keywords: names, phrase stmcture, null subjects
This paper discusses the possible phrase structure of names. It points out that although
most personal names are plain nouns (or names), extended noun phrases of various
kinds (i.e., nouns with modifying adjectives or even prepositional phrases) are
acceptable names, although it varies from one linguistic community to another what
kind of phrases are accepted as personal names. Thus it is common in Dutch, Germ-
an and Faroese, for instance, to use prepositional phrases as parts of formal names
(e.g. van, von, /'...). In Icelandic, on the other hand, this is only accepted in nicknames
and artists’ names or pseudonyms. If one considers other kinds of names, such as
names of books, companies, ships, etc., it tums out that there the restrictions are less
strict than in the case of personal names. Nevertheless, it is clear that not all types of
constituents or phrases can serve as names. In particular, it tums out that preposition-
al phrases, infinitives with infinitival markers, participles, imperatives and whole sen-