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The polysemy of Proper Names -Focusing on Organization, Company, and Place-

  • Korean Semantics
  • 2021, 74(), pp.59-81
  • DOI : 10.19033/sks.2021.12.74.59
  • Publisher : The Society Of Korean Semantics
  • Research Area : Humanities > Korean Language and Literature
  • Received : July 30, 2021
  • Accepted : December 15, 2021
  • Published : December 30, 2021

Nahyeon Kim 1

1한림대학교

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ABSTRACT

Kim Na-Hyeon, 2021. The polysemy of Proper Names-Focusing on Organization, Company, and Place-. Korean Semantics, 74. The objective of this study is to present the distinction standard by examining the category of proper nouns with polysemy. Contrary to the researches on the polysemy of common nouns that have been relatively discussed a lot, this thesis discussed the polysemy of proper nouns. By limiting the subjects to ‘institution, company, and place’ out of proper nouns with polysemy, this study discussed the semantic category of each of them, and then presented the semantic distinction standard of proper nouns with polysemy. The meanings of proper nouns with polysemy could be easily distinguished through contexts or appropriate predicate. In case when there is no context or predicate, however, it is not sometimes possible to choose a meaning out of many meanings. Thus, this thesis presented the semantic distinction standard of proper nouns with polysemy. This study argued that it should be distinguished through context or appropriate predicate. In case when it is not possible to be distinguished, the priority should be applied to the overall meaning that could include the partial meaning of proper noun. This study could be helpful for establishing the foothold for constructing precise data, and also to be helpful for the clear analysis of entity name.

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