| Algeo, John | 1992 | “Onomastics” in McArther, Tom, ed., The Oxford Companion to the English Language, Oxford University Press, 1992. pp. 727-729. |
| Most significantly I have deprecated the term proper name as a source of unnecessary confusion. It is normally a synonym for proper noun, but is usually confused as meaning name. The author sets this up as a straw man, which he then proceeds piece by piece to demolish. |