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Studies in Chinese Linguistics, 2019 Based on original data collected through an online experiment, evidence is provided in this paper that the interpretation of null subjects in a radical pro-drop language like Chinese relies on the topic criterion proposed for consistent and partial pro ...
Frascarelli Mara, Casentini Marco
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The Subjunctive Mood in Giryama and Tanzanian Nyanja
Studia Orientalia Electronica, 2020 This paper presents a study of the Subjunctive in the Bantu languages of Giryama in Kenya (E72a) and Nyanja in Tanzania (N201), and explores its distribution in the two languages.
Nancy Jumwa Ngowa, Deo S. Ngonyani
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Varieties of linguistic complexity in a standardized assessment of language performance [PDF]
, 2011 This study examined the comprehension of linguistically complex sentences among unimpaired adults and adults with aphasia. Participants completed a self-paced reading version of the Computerized Revised Token Test (CRTT-R) containing passive sentences ...
Dickey, Michael Walsh +9 more
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The status of thegn in late Anglo‐Saxon England
Early Medieval Europe, EarlyView.This article considers how the term ‘thegn’ was used in tenth‐ and eleventh‐century England. Although commonly thought to indicate members of a face‐to‐face service aristocracy with specific attributes, it has resisted close definition. Examination of references to anonymous thegns in administrative and legal texts suggests that the people meant were ...
Richard Purkiss
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A Basic Description and Analytic Treatment of Noun Clauses in Nigerian Pidgin
Nordic Journal of African Studies, 2006 This paper presents descriptions and analyses of noun clauses attested in my data of Nigerian Pidgin English as spoken in the southern Nigerian city of Port Harcourt.
Kelechukwu U. Ihemere
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Extracting Formal Models from Normative Texts
, 2016 We are concerned with the analysis of normative texts - documents based on the deontic notions of obligation, permission, and prohibition. Our goal is to make queries about these notions and verify that a text satisfies certain properties concerning ...
Camilleri, John J. +2 more
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Financial Accountability &Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Rooted in the theoretical perspective of impression management, and drawing on the critical discourse analysis (CDA) approach, this study analyzes whether and how the Italian state‐owned enterprises (SOEs) in the energy sector over the period 2020–2023 use persuasive language strategies in their annual reports to portray the image of a ...
Fiorenza Meucci +3 more
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Illocutionary Force of Adverbial Clauses: Evidence from German
Научный диалогThis study posits that adverbial clauses in the German can be categorized based on their degree of illocutionary force into three groups: (1) incompatible with modal indicators; (2) allowing the use of modal words denoting epistemic modality and ...
A. V. Averina
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International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study conducted linguistic analyses of the written corrective feedback (WCF) for Chinese as a second language (CSL) provided by chat generative pre‐trained transformer (ChatGPT) and human teachers (including preservice teachers and senior teachers).
Ling Zhang +2 more
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“Queens of Ghost‐Land” 134 Years Later: Un‐Masking an Appalachian Witchcraft Accuser
The Journal of American Culture, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In 1891, newspapers across America printed a story about witches in the Appalachian Mountains and the alleged powers they possessed to control their small farming community. The article was scathing in accusation and ultimately contributed to continued othering of the women profiled, increasing their visible vulnerabilities of class, gender ...
Aíne Norris
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