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(284–285) Proposals to add a voted Example to Article 60.9 in order to end theconfusion over the maintenance or omission of hyphens in epithets formed from names containing a preposition or a definite article
Author(s) -
Hartley Helen,
Belyaeva Irina,
Lindon Heather,
Govaerts Rafaël
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
taxon
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1996-8175
pISSN - 0040-0262
DOI - 10.12705/653.40
Subject(s) - epithet , history , art , art history , classics
Article 60.9 currently states: “The use of a hyphen in a compound epithet is treated as an error to be corrected by deletion of the hyphen. A hyphen is permitted only when the epithet is formed of words that usually stand independently, or when the letters before and after the hyphen are the same (see also Art. 23.1 and 23.3).” In epithets formed from names containing a preposition or definite article, such as “Le Testu”, “De Laet”, or “Van Meel”, examples of omission, maintenance, and insertion of the hyphen are in current use. The wording of Article 60.9 as regards whether or not the words making up an epithet can “usually stand independently” has been interpreted differently by different authors. To end the confusion regarding the omission, maintenance, or insertion of hyphens in such epithets we present two alternative proposals to add a voted Example to Art. 60.9: