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, 2010 Qiang is a Tibeto-Burman language spoken by 70,000-80,000 people in Northern Sichuan Province, China, classified as being in the Qiang or Tibetan nationality by the Chinese government.
Huang, Chenglong, LaPolla, Randy J.
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What is the ‘Future’ of Greek? Towards a Pragmatic Analysis [PDF]
, 2014 The paper investigates the problems related to futurity and modality in modern Greek. The discussion of Greek temporal future expressions is conducted with reference to relevant literature from the areas of English linguistics, cognitive studies and ...
Chiou, Michael
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Word Associations in a Minoritised Language: The Case of Cymraeg (Welsh)
International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT As with many research strands in linguistics, word association (WA) literature is dominated by English language data. This paper (i) explores the extent to which methodologies developed to date are applicable to other languages—specifically, Welsh (Cymraeg)—and (ii) investigates what WA analysis can reveal about lexical organisation and ...
Tess Fitzpatrick +2 more
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Transitive verbs with semantics of goal
Rasprave Instituta za Hrvatski Jezik i Jezikoslovlje, 2006 The paper analyses transitive verbs which are used in questions formed by question word kamo. These verbs are compared to the verbs of motion. The author attempts to explain why the adverb kamo appears with this class of verbs instead of adverb gdje. The
Ivana Oraić
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Corela, 2014 This article addresses the discursive functions of two spatial localization adverbs dehors et au dehors. The overall aim of this paper is to highlight their role in discourse structuring. The article examines the combinatory characteristics and the usage
Chokri Rhibi
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Az adverbiumok mondattani és jelentéstani kérdései = The syntax and syntax-semantics interface of adverbial modification [PDF]
, 2009 A határozószók és a határozók alaktani, mondattani és funkcionális kérdéseit vizsgáltuk a generatív nyelvelmélet keretében, főként magyar anyag alapján.
Bartos, Huba +10 more
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, 2016 Language contact and linguistic change are thought to go hand in hand (e.g. Silva-Corvalán 1994), however there are methodological obstacles, such as collecting data at different points in time or the availability of monolingual data for comparison, that
Dumont, Jenny, Vegara Wilson, Damián
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The Development and Validation of the Chinese Vocabulary Levels Test
International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In response to the increasing need for effective Chinese vocabulary assessments, this study developed the Chinese Vocabulary Levels Test (CVLT), a test designed for intermediate‐level Chinese as a second or foreign language (CSL/FL) learners, based on the vocabulary lists (levels 4–6) from the Chinese Proficiency Grading Standards for ...
Shiwei Qi, Ailan Fu
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“I see,” said Tom icily: Tom Swifties at the beginning of the 21st century
The European Journal of Humour Research, 2014 This paper gives a definition and historical background of the Tom Swifty, addresses different types of punning employed in Tom Swifties, and discusses topics emerging in them.
Anna T. Litovkina
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Izumi, 2020 Indonesian is the word order of SVO. The limitative expression in Indonesian generally functions as an adverb in the sentence. Adverbs to express limitative expression in Indonesian are classified in some variations.
Utari Novella
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