Abstract:
Proper nouns treatment in linguistic dictionaries is considered as one of controvertial issues of present-day lexicography. Empyrical analyses regarding the representation of different kind of names in monolingual dictionaries demonstrate diversity of practices and lack of consensus among lexicographers on whether propria should be included in dictionaries and if so, how they should be explicated. Two opposite views confront in todays’ metalexicography – the traditional belief that proper nouns should be separately expounded in onomastic lexicons and the conviction that names are an essential part of vocabulary and they should be present in monolingual dictionaries. The study aims at investigation of current theories in metalexicography dealing with this issue. It will outline latest tendencies in lexicographic practice in order to propose mechanisms for better description of proper nouns in Bulgarian linguistic dictionaries in the future.
