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An Investigation of Refusal Strategies as Used by Bahdini Kurdish and Syriac Aramaic Speakers
Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2018 For the purpose of achieving a successful communication, issues such as the appropriateness of speech acts and face saving become essential. Therefore, it is very important to achieve a high level of pragmatic competence in speech acts. Bearing this in mind, this study was conducted to investigate the preferred refusal strategies Kurdish and Syriac ...
Dilgash M.Shareef +2 more
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The letter of Mara bar Serapion: the “puzzle” from the Late Antiquity [PDF]
Вестник Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета: Сериа III. ФилологияThis article is devoted to the study of an important Syriac work, the letter of Mara bar Serapion. Using the methods of literary and rhetorical analysis, the author examines the content and the form of one of the series of paradigms presented in the text,
Sofia Fomicheva
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The enigmatic Hebrew word ‘אפים ’ in 1 Samuel 1:5
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological StudiesThe Hebrew word ‘אפים’ in Samuel 1:5 presents significant challenges for both ancient translations and modern English translations of the Bible. In ancient texts, the Masoretic text presents ‘אַפָּיִם’ or ‘nostrils’ (face or anger).
Philip S. Chia
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In search of traces of the mandrake myth: the historical, and ethnobotanical roots of its vernacular names. [PDF]
J Ethnobiol Ethnomed, 2021 Dafni A +11 more
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Do some languages sound more beautiful than others? [PDF]
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2023 Anikin A, Aseyev N, Erben Johansson N.
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AestimatioForeword Volume 4 of the new series of Aestimatio is now complete. Though the move to a print-when-ready model of publication took longer than we anticipated, we are finding that it works well for us and will, we trust, benefit our readers and authors
Alan C. Bowen, Francesca Rochberg
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A Diachronic and Areal Perspective on Subordination in Syriac and North-Eastern Neo-Aramaic
, 2020 This thesis provides a diachronic and areal perspective on subordination in Syriac and North-Eastern Neo-Aramaic (NENA), tracing its development from Late Antiquity to the present. The first two chapters outline the aim and scope of the thesis and also provide an introduction to the development of Syriac and NENA verbal forms; the use of punctuation ...
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The syntax of wh-questions in unaccusative and (Un)ergative structures in Mehri language: A Phase-based approach. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2023 Fakih AH, Al-Qumairi SS, Alzubi AAF.
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AestimatioForeword Volume 4 of the new series of Aestimatio is now complete. Though the move to a print-when-ready model of publication took longer than we anticipated, we are finding that it works well for us and will, we trust, benefit our readers and authors
Alan C. Bowen, Francesca Rochberg
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Multiway p-spectral graph cuts on Grassmann manifolds. [PDF]
Mach Learn, 2022 Pasadakis D +3 more
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