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Predicting species richness from species discovery rates – and where it fails
Palaeontology, Volume 69, Issue 5, September/October 2026.Abstract The number of described species underestimates true diversity in virtually any clade, yet robust species richness estimates are essential for inferring total diversity, enabling cross‐taxon comparisons, and informing conservation. Here, I evaluate the use of species discovery rates to estimate unknown diversity in fossil clades by projecting ...
Thomas A. Neubauer
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The double modal construction in English world wide
World Englishes, Volume 45, Issue 3, Page 485-503, September 2026.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
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Japanese Speaker-Independent Homonyms Speech Recognition
, 2020 Japanese has homonyms such as "hashi " ( (Chopsticks)) and " hashi " ...
Jin ' Ichi Murakami, Haseo Hotta
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Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2020 Individuals with autism show difficulties in using sentence context to identify the correct meaning of ambiguous words, such as homonyms. In this study, the brain basis of sentence context effects on word understanding during reading was examined in ...
Banu Ahtam +2 more
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Synonyms. Antonyms. Homonyms. Lecture 3
Synonyms a) the definition of synonyms; b) classifications of synonyms; c) sources of synonymy; d) criteria of synonymy. 2. Antonyms a) the definition of antonyms; b) classifications of antonyms; c) criteria of antonyms. 3. Homonyms a) the definition of
Skorofatova, Anna
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Homonyms Are A Multifaceted Linguistic Phenomenon [PDF]
In this article, the importance of homonyms as a factor in the development of thinking, the methods of formation of homonyms, the creation of artistic arts based on homonyms, its direct connection with linguistic consciousness, thinking, perception, its ...
Rajabov Feruz Umarkulovich
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Differentiation of single-root synonyms from similar units in the Karachay-Balkar language
КавказологияSingle-root words, especially word variants, synonyms and paronyms, are often mixed in the process of their use. The prerequisites for this are created by: 1) phonetic similarity of words, 2) common root morpheme, 3) belonging to the same part of speech,
Mariam A. Akhmatova
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On the Awkward Polysemy of the Verb risk
NJES: Nordic Journal of English studies, 2007 As one of Karin Aijmer’s fields of interest is that of semantics, a discussion of a polysemous word may not come amiss in this context. The difference between homonymy and polysemy is clear enough in principle, if often less clear in actual practice.1 ...
Göran Kjellmer
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Acta Baltico-Slavica, 2015 Review The text is a presentation of R. Kaleta's book Białorusko-polska homonimia międzyjęzykowa published in 2014 by the Slavic Publishing Centre of the Institute of Slavic Studies PAS. The monograph includes an analysis of source literature and some
Maksim Duszkin
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HOMONYMY-RELATED ERRORS: A CASE STUDY AMONG ENGLISH MAJORED SOPHOMORES
Tạp chí Khoa họcHomonymy is an essential feature of the English language. It often causes confusion and miscommunication for EFL learners. This study examines common difficulties second- year English majors at the Foreign Languages Department (FLD) encounter when ...
Nguyen Phuong Lien, Nguyen Thi Kim Anh*, Vo Khanh Linh, Nguyen Thi Yen Vy
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