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Locus et telos : aller à l’école, être à la plage
This paper discusses the telic reading of the constructions aller à l’école (« to go to school »), aller à la plage (« to go to the beach »). It extends the analysis of Corblin (2011) in the light of recent comments by M. Aurnague (Aurnague, forthcoming).
Francis Corblin
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«¡La de + N + que…!» The Feminine Definite Article in Spanish Exclamative Clauses
The present study explores the exclamative use of the feminine definite article la in structures such as ‘¡La de chicos que besé en la fiesta!’ (How many guys I kissed at the party!).
Juan José Arias
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Objective Cam morphology, which is a significant risk factor for hip osteoarthritis, is commonly quantified by the alpha angle (AA). This study aims to explore the potential of the triangular index ratio (TIR) to quantify cam morphology on anteroposterior radiographs by assessing the association between TIR‐defined cam morphology and the development of
Jinchi Tang +7 more
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Predicting Definite Article Usages in New Englishes: Variety Outweighs Genre and Syntactic Function in Nigerian English [PDF]
Variability in the use of the definite article in New Englishes, and in particular, Nigerian English has received the least attention from a quantitative, probabilistic and predictive perspective.
Mayowa Akinlotan
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A Q‐Learning Algorithm to Solve the Two‐Player Zero‐Sum Game Problem for Nonlinear Systems
A Q‐learning algorithm to solve the two‐player zero‐sum game problem for nonlinear systems. ABSTRACT This paper deals with the two‐player zero‐sum game problem, which is a bounded L2$$ {L}_2 $$‐gain robust control problem. Finding an analytical solution to the complex Hamilton‐Jacobi‐Issacs (HJI) equation is a challenging task.
Afreen Islam +2 more
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The Origins and Development of the Definite Article in Egyptian-Coptic
The first appearance of the emphatic demonstratives pA/tA/nA in northern Egyptian letters of the 6th Dynasty and their absence from southern Egyptian sources indicates the growing difference between the language variants spoken in these broadly defined ...
Maxim Kupreyev
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Simplex Generic Toponyms in Four English-speaking Jurisdictions
Toponymic literature generally recognizes three main structures in English: those with a specific + generic element (e.g. Tweed River, Mount White); those that consist of a specific element alone (e.g. Perth, Washington); and less commonly, those with a
Jan Tent
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The polymer wall stabilized dye‐doped liquid crystals (PWLCs) enhance the sensitivity of photoinduced molecular reorientation in dye‐doped LC systems. The PWLC with an invisible polymer wall successfully reduces the threshold intensity and functions as an optical limiter under the incidence of low intensity light laser source.
Junki Yokota +6 more
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Medical writing for non-native English speakers: Help for usage of articles [PDF]
Many non-native English speakers, especially those whose mother language has no articles (like Slavic languages) make mistakes when they speak or write English. This may sound rather rough to English-speaking listeners or readers.
Škrbić Ranko, Igić Rajko
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Count-mass Distinction in the Acquisition of English Articles by Persian Learners of English [PDF]
Articles in general and definite articles in particular can create problems even long after all other aspects of English have been mastered. The present article investigated the learnability problems related to the acquisition of count-mass distinction ...
Mohammad Javad Rezai
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