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 | | Only 'proper nouns' have specific referents in the everyday world, and only some of these refer to a unique entity (e.g. |
 | | Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch - the name of a Welsh village). |
 | | As Rick Altman notes, 'A language made up entirely of proper nouns, like the one used in horse racing forms, offers significant representational benefits; every name clearly corresponds to and identifies a single horse' (Altman 1999, 87). |
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