About the Book 8410410132109111114112104111115121110116979911610599321121141111121011141161051011153211910410599104321001051151161051101031171051151043211210897991013211097109101115321021141111093211210111411511111097108321109710910111532971101003299111109109111 Book Synopsis For the first time, proper names are made the topic of a cross-linguistic account of morphosyntactic properties which formally distinguish place names, personal names, and common nouns. It is shown that the behaviour of place names and personal names in morphology and syntax frequently disagrees with the rules established for other word classes independent of the languages genetic affiliation, grammatical structure, and geographic location. Place names and personal names each boast a grammar of their own. They are candidates for the status of a distinct word class. Their special grammar comes frequently to the fore in the domain of spatial and possessive relations. This fact is explained with reference to functional notions. About the Author Thomas Stolz & Julia Nintemann , both University of Bremen, Germany.