ABSTRACT
According to convention, it is true, some names are generally used about certain categories, but this is no fixed rule (only think of the large number of personal names which were originally place-names). In general we may consider a. proper name as an arbitrary label used to denote a. certain familiar person or thing (or group of persons or things), and according to the theory of the stages of familiarity (see above, 12.4,) the sb therefore needs no definite article.
