Author: Mamatkulova, Bakhtijon Ravshanovna

Annotation: This article is about semantically speaking, proper names have an identifying function, as they denote a single individual rather than classes of entities. They are often considered to be devoid of lexical meaning, even though they can regularly be traced back to descriptive lexical items (Oxford < originally “passage for oxen”). These etymological meanings, however, are synchronically irrelevant as far as the description of a referent is concerned; and, in many cases, they are no longer transparent.

Keywords: determiner phrases, corpus linguistics, grammar, methodology, homonymous.