Carlos Folgar, “¿Topónimos con o sin artículo en español? Observaciones sobre los nombres de entidades urbanas (o semiurbanas) de España, con especial atención al topónimo Coruña,” Revista Portuguesa de Humanidades 23, no. 1–2 (2019): 119–42.
| Type | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Author | Carlos Folgar |
| Rights | © 2019 Aletheia - Associação Científica e Cultural |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 119-142 |
| Publication | Revista Portuguesa de Humanidades |
| ISSN | 0874-0321 |
| Date | 2019 |
| Language | Spanish |
| Abstract | The aim of this paper is to discover which rules govern the use or omission of the definite article before city/town proper names in Spanish. We find that the place names with article consist of a lexical item coming from a common noun (for example, La Laguna, El Barco de Ávila, Los Barrios, El Espinar, La Unión, La Campana, La Almunia de Doña Godina, El Astillero, Las Palmas…). There are few exceptions, such as La Bañeza or La Orotava. In the light of these data, the author examines the place name La Coruña and suggests that the alternative variant Coruña, without the article, should be accepted in standard Spanish. |
| Date Added | 1/3/2020, 5:21:55 PM |
| Modified | 1/3/2020, 6:19:22 PM |
