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Multiplicatives, frequency and quantification adverbs [PDF]

, 2009
The paper proposes a strict three-way distinction among adverbs that specify the frequency or quantity of multiple events. It is argued that the distribution of the three classes of adverbs in Hungarian largely follows from independent factors, and it is
Csirmaz, Anikó
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A typology of Hungarian time adverbs [PDF]

, 2006
Hungarian has a number of apparently synonymous time adverbs that can measure the duration of time intervals. The paper explores these adverbs in some detail, and argues that contrary to appearances, none ofthem are freely interchangeable.
Csirmaz, Anikó
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Comparative analysis of morphological peculiarities and level of usage of subordinate compound adverbs in Tajik literary language appertaining to 18th-19th centuries (on the example of historical writings referred to as “Tuhfat-ul-khoni” and “Zafar-Name”)

Studia Humanitatis, 2022
The article under consideration dwells on the issue beset with comparative analysis of morphological peculiarities and the level of usage of subordinate compound adverbs (SCAs) on the example of the historical writings entitled as “Tuhfat-ul-khani” by ...
Ashrapov Bahodurjon Pulotovich
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“Buoyantly, nippily, testily” – Remarks on translating manner adverbs into Romanian

Open Linguistics, 2022
Adverbs are a very heterogeneous class that raise a lot of problems not only for their syntactic and semantic interpretation but also for their translation.
Protopopescu Daria
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Affect and Metaphor Sensing in Virtual Drama [PDF]

, 2010
We report our developments on metaphor and affect sensing for several metaphorical language phenomena including affects as external entities metaphor, food metaphor, animal metaphor, size metaphor, and anger metaphor.
Barnden, John, Zhang, Li
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The initial adverbs as elements of descriptive-narrative arrangement in Nima’s poems [PDF]

Literary Arts, 2016
Adverb is a word or phrase that modifies the meaning of an adjective, verb, or other adverb, or of a sentence. Adverbs are classified into different groups structurally and conceptually. They have several different literal and lingual functions.
Aliakbar Bagherikhalili, Amirhosein Bahmani   +1 more
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Morphology and Adaptation Features of the Slang Suffixal Adverbs in Lithuanian Language: Hybrid Derivatives of Suffix -ai from Suffixal Adjectives of Russian

Respectus Philologicus, 2019
This article analyses 127 suffixal adverbs from Lithuanian slang and non-standard dictionary (Kaunas, 2012). The suffixal adverbs of Lithuanian slang have not been researched systematically according to grammatical classification.
Robertas Kudirka
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Quantification and polarity: negative adverbial intensifiers ('never ever', 'not at all', etc.) in Hausa [PDF]

, 2009
Hausa has a typologically interesting but poorly understood set of quantifying time and degree adverbs—equivalent to English 'never ever', 'not at all', etc.—which behave as negative polarity items and enhance the pragmatic impact of a negative utterance
Jaggar, Philip J.
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Iš lokatyvų kilę latvių kalbos vietos prieveiksmiai

Baltistica, 2011
LATVIAN ADVERBS OF PLACE DERIVED FROM LOCATIVES SummaryThis article analyzes Latvian adverbs of place derived from locatives. Locatives here are understood as the archaic pronominal locative (non-postpositive) and postpositive locatives, namely, the ...
Gintarė Judžentytė
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Epistemic, Evaluative, Speech Act Adverbs and Italian Political Language

Linguistik Online, 2018
This paper focuses on a group of Italian adverbs ending in -mente whose general function is to convey the speaker/writer’s stance towards what is being said or written: Its purpose is to offer a preliminary description of how epistemic, evaluative and ...
Francesca La Forgia
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