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The Cord (November 5, 2014) [PDF]

, 2014

core   +1 more source

The transportation of embedded inversion in world Englishes

World Englishes, EarlyView.
Abstract The present study uses private correspondence to investigate the use of embedded inversion on both sides of the Atlantic as an illustration of the spread of spoken/conversational features through writing. The paper discusses the use of embedded inversion in Irish English (IrE) and briefly compares its occurrence in other varieties of English ...
Carolina P. Amador‐Moreno
wiley   +1 more source

Disease burden and trends of bladder cancer in the world and BRICS from 1990 to 2021 and its projection until 2036: analysis based on the global burden of disease study 2021. [PDF]

Discov Oncol
Zhang Y, Zhang H, Li Y, Ma X, Tan H, Gao J, Li L, Yan P.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The double modal construction in English world wide

World Englishes, EarlyView.
Abstract The dual foci of the present study of double modals are their semantic characteristics and their distribution across regional varieties of English world wide. Tokens were extracted from GloWbE:Blogs, a database whose great size and informal tenor facilitated the investigation of this low‐frequency non‐standard feature. Double modals were found
Peter Collins, Adam Smith
wiley   +1 more source

Retraction: The non-linear relationship between globalization, financial development and energy consumption: Evidence from BRICS economies. [PDF]

PLoS One
PLOS One Editors.
europepmc   +1 more source

Alternation of must, have to, and need to in English as a lingua franca

World Englishes, EarlyView.
Abstract This study explores the grammatical variability of modal auxiliary verbs in English as a lingua franca. Focusing on the ongoing change must, have to, and need to, this research utilizes two spoken corpora: the Vienna–Oxford International Corpus of English (VOICE) and the Asian Corpus of English (ACE).
Chunyuan Nie, Lea Meriläinen, Mikko Laitinen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Time trend of measles burden on children and adolescents in BRICS-plus countries from 1990 to 2021 and prediction to 2032. [PDF]

Front Microbiol
Yuan H, Yan B, Chong Y, Wang L, Jiang Y.
europepmc   +1 more source

The [ADJ + as] intensifier construction in Māori English/Aotearoa English

World Englishes, EarlyView.
Abstract We introduce the Waikato Māori English Conversation (MEC) corpus, which consists of 43 dyadic conversations between 49 young adults who self‐recorded informal conversations with close friends, in their own homes, with no topic of conversation specified (83 hours of dialogue; nearly 800,000 words).
Andreea S. Calude, Hēmi Whaanga
wiley   +1 more source

Superlative Objoid Constructions in British and American English

World Englishes, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates regional variation in Superlative Objoid constructions (SOCs) and their prepositional variant (at‐SOCs). SOCs combine a possessive pronoun with a superlative adjective. These function as manner‐degree modifiers in a context where the possessive is in postverbal position and correlative with the subject, as in they tried
Tamara Bouso, Marianne Hundt
wiley   +1 more source

Gallbladder and biliary tract cancer burden trends in Brazil, Russian Federation, India, China, and South Africa in 1990-2021. [PDF]

World J Gastrointest Oncol
Cui YL, Bao X, Liu DM, Mu H, Yu G.
europepmc   +1 more source