Il nome nel testo, col pretesto di Lessico famigliare di Natalia Ginzburg

Abstract

Natalia Ginzburg’s Lessico famigliare contains a remarkable number of proper nouns. In the course of the novel, the «general meaning» of the proper noun plays an important functional role. This paper will show how one particular feature of the syntax of proper nouns – their combination with the definite article – has a precise textual value.