La suerte de los nombres propios: léxico y ortografía

Synopsis of La suerte de los nombres propios: léxico y ortografía

«La suerte de los nombres propios: léxico y ortografía» is the linguistics essay by Jorge Braga Riera, published by Sílex in paperback (192 pages).

It shows how proper names enrich languages and contribute to their evolution, with examples from Spanish, English, Basque, Portuguese and Arabic. Although the approach is academic, there is room for anecdotes and curiosities about the formation, spelling and variants of anthroponyms.

Volume in the Sílex Universidad collection, in its first edition (2012). It brings together studies by various specialists on deonomastics and anthroponymic variation.

For fans of linguistics, etymology and the history of languages, and for those curious about the origin and spelling of proper names.