My "note" is closely related to David Landau's paper on the names of the months linguistically corresponding to "December" (this volume). It considers the onomastic status of time phrases by investigating the concepts of time and space in their interrelation. The contribution supplies reasoning that proves the existence of time as a fourth spatial dimension. Therefore the general statement that reality exists in space and time must be qualified. If time is a fourth spatial dimension, then the month‘s name “December” can be compared with a place name like "Leipzig". I suggest that there is no dichotomy between describing "Leipzig" as an onym, but "December" as an appellative only. "Leipzig" and "December" enjoy a familiar onomastic partnership. / Meine "Anmerkung" bezieht sich auf David Landaus Artikel zu Monatsnamen, die sprachhistorisch mit "December" korrespondieren (in diesem Band). Sie erörtert den onomastischen Status von Zeitausdrücken, indem sie das Verhältnis von Zeit und Raum in ihrer Wechselbeziehung untersucht. Der Beitrag legt eine Beweisführung dar, die die Existenz von Zeit als vierte Dimension des Raumes versteht. Daher muss die allgemeine Feststellung, dass die Realität in Zeit und Raum existiert, präzisiert werden. Wenn Zeit eine vierte räumliche Dimension darstellt, dann ist der Monatsname "December" mit einem Ortsnamen wie "Leipzig" vergleichbar. Ich schlage daher vor, die Dichotomie zwischen der Beschreibung von „Leipzig“ als Onym, aber "December" nur als Appellativum, aufzuheben. So können sich "Leipzig" und "December" einer vertrauten onomastischen Partnerschaft erfreuen.

A proper name is a vocabulary element of a particular language which also belongs to a respective onymic subsystem, thereby acquiring a binary character. Proper names are formed (as a secondary plan of a language) with the background of appellative vocabulary. However, in their formation and use in communication, not only are the rules of the appellative language code applied but also the rules specific to proper names. Two opposing but interrelated tendencies are typical of the position of proper names – a continuous interaction of proper names with other vocabulary and the whole language system and, simultaneously, a continuous polarisation of the category of proper names in relation to appellatives. The interaction of proper names with other vocabulary relates to the ongoing processes of onymisation (appellative % proprium) and apellativisation (proprium % appellative) with the openness of onymy (the social, historical, cultural as well as the political dimensions of proper names present a wide range of possibilities for, e. g. the adoption of exonyms) but, above all, it relates to the social needs of ordinary communication. The polarisation of proper names in relation to appellatives is, hence, conditioned by the special character of onymic nomination. From this binary interrelationship of proper names follows the binary status of the category nomen proprium, i. e. linguistic status and onomastic status. In the analysis of proper names and from the methodological standpoint in onomastics, I consider this to be fundamental. That is why, after the older characterisation of onomastics, I have extended the definition of the linguistic status of proper names as defined by Kuryłowicz (La position linguistique du nom propre, 1956) to linguistic and onomastic status (Blanár 1976, 1977 ). These terms will be discussed later.

My "note" is closely related to David Landau''s paper on the names of the months linguistically corresponding to "December" (this volume). It considers the onomastic status of time phrases by investigating the concepts of time and space in their interrelation. The contribution supplies reasoning that proves the existence of time as a fourth spatial dimension. Therefore the general statement that reality exists in space and time must be qualified. If time is a fourth spatial dimension, then the month‘s name “December” can be compared with a place name like "Leipzig". I suggest that there is no dichotomy between describing "Leipzig" as an onym, but "December" as an appellative only. "Leipzig" and "December" enjoy a familiar onomastic partnership. / Meine "Anmerkung" bezieht sich auf David Landaus Artikel zu Monatsnamen, die sprachhistorisch mit "December" korrespondieren (in diesem Band). Sie erörtert den onomastischen Status von Zeitausdrücken, indem sie das Verhältnis von Zeit und Raum in ihrer Wechselbeziehung untersucht. Der Beitrag legt eine Beweisführung dar, die die Existenz von Zeit als vierte Dimension des Raumes versteht. Daher muss die allgemeine Feststellung, dass die Realität in Zeit und Raum existiert, präzisiert werden. Wenn Zeit eine vierte räumliche Dimension darstellt, dann ist der Monatsname "December" mit einem Ortsnamen wie "Leipzig" vergleichbar. Ich schlage daher vor, die Dichotomie zwischen der Beschreibung von „Leipzig“ als Onym, aber "December" nur als Appellativum, aufzuheben. So können sich "Leipzig" und "December" einer vertrauten onomastischen Partnerschaft erfreuen.

A proper name is a vocabulary element of a particular language which also belongs to a respective onymic subsystem, thereby acquiring a binary character. Proper names are formed (as a secondary plan of a language) with the background of appellative vocabulary. However, in their formation and use in communication, not only are the rules of the appellative language code applied but also the rules specific to proper names. Two opposing but interrelated tendencies are typical of the position of proper names – a continuous interaction of proper names with other vocabulary and the whole language system and, simultaneously, a continuous polarisation of the category of proper names in relation to appellatives. The interaction of proper names with other vocabulary relates to the ongoing processes of onymisation (appellative % proprium) and apellativisation (proprium % appellative) with the openness of onymy (the social, historical, cultural as well as the political dimensions of proper names present a wide range of possibilities for, e. g. the adoption of exonyms) but, above all, it relates to the social needs of ordinary communication. The polarisation of proper names in relation to appellatives is, hence, conditioned by the special character of onymic nomination. From this binary interrelationship of proper names follows the binary status of the category nomen proprium, i. e. linguistic status and onomastic status. In the analysis of proper names and from the methodological standpoint in onomastics, I consider this to be fundamental. That is why, after the older characterisation of onomastics, I have extended the definition of the linguistic status of proper names as defined by Kuryłowicz (La position linguistique du nom propre, 1956) to linguistic and onomastic status (Blanár 1976, 1977 ). These terms will be discussed later.