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Refunctionalization and Usage Frequency: An Exploratory Questionnaire Study

Languages, 2018
This paper explores the relationship between refunctionalization and usage frequency. In particular, it argues that (a) refunctionalization is more likely for low-frequency construction than high-frequency constructions, and that (b) high-frequency ...
Malte Rosemeyer
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Sociological Definitions, Language Games and the "Essence" of Religion [PDF]

, 2002
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McKinnon, Andrew M.
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Dėl keleto retesnių liaudinių vaivorykštės pavadinimų

Baltistica, 2011
ON SEVERAL RARE FOLK TERMS FOR ‘RAINBOW’ (LITH. vaivórykštė)SummaryThe article deals with several rare folk names for ‘rainbow’ in the Lithuanian language: vaivóraikštė, vaivórakštė, vovẽrykščia, stangà, žebeñkštė, sverblė̃, varykštė, vorykštė ...
Rūta Buivydienė
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Etymologia a językowo-kulturowy obraz jałowca i kaliny

LingVaria, 2015
Etymology and the cultural-linguistic image of jałowiec ‘juniper’ and kalina ‘viburnum’ The paper tries to answer the question about the onomastic base of the names for ‘juniper’ and ‘viburnum’, i.e.
Olga Kielak
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Properhood [PDF]

, 2006
A history of the notion of PROPERHOOD in philosophy and linguistics is given. Two long-standing ideas, (i) that proper names have no sense, and (ii) that they are expressions whose purpose is to refer to individuals, cannot be made to work ...
Coates, Richard
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Δελφίς. Un'ipotesi sul significato originario

Atti del Sodalizio Glottologico Milanese, 2018
The current etymology of δελφίς connects it to δελφύς ‘womb; uterus’ and ἀδελφός ‘(co-uterinus) brother’, thus interpreting this name as ‘(sea animal) provided with a uterus’.
Andrea Nuti
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On the etymology of Azerbaijani folk songs

Problems of Arts and Culture
Meyser Kaya
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Some Observations on the Nature of Insect Names [PDF]

, 2017
A recent study of dragonfly names (Montgomery, 1973) has led to a consideration of insect names, especially ancient and early English names. This interest was aroused, chiefly by the statement in Sarot\u27s study of the folklore of the dragonfly from A ...
Montgomery, B. Elwood
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Genus Armeniaca Mill. (Rosaceae Juss.): specific composition, geography, introduction, selection

Інтродукція Рослин, 2005
We describe of specific composition, distribution, in  troductions and selections processes of genus Armeniaca Mill. and specify the Ukrainian genus and fruit name. The characteristic of apricots variety breeded in the M.M.
I.K. Kudrenko, V.G. Sobko
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XXXIX All-Russian Dialectological Meeting. Lexical Atlas of the Russian Folk Dialects – 2023

Славянский мир в третьем тысячелетии, 2023
The chronicle is devoted to the conference “XXXIX All-Russian Dialectological Meeting «Lexical Atlas of the Russian Folk Dialects – 2023»” which annually takes place in Saint Petersburg and this time was held on January 30–31, 2023.
Tatiana Shalaeva
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