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is it correct to use eponymous like this? I thought it implied that you were actually using the name: "Patrick Smith explains turbulence" obviously language is
by appleflaxen 9y ago
is it correct to use eponymous like this? I thought it implied that you were actually using the name: "Patrick Smith explains turbulence"
obviously language is dynamic, but I've not seen this use before, and it seems like it's the opposite of the meaning of the word.
- throwanem 9y agoStrictly speaking it isn't eponymy, since the column isn't named for Smith himself. But, while a stretch, it's an acceptable one, and one I've seen used not too infrequently elsewhere. As you say, language is dynamic, and we see here an example of that dynamism in action.