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Opening a Pandora's Box: Proper Names in English Phraseology [PDF]
This article explores the linguistic-cultural aspects and usage of phraseological units involving personal and place names in English. The introductory sections outline the linguistic features of proper names and phraseological units.
P. Pierini
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Deminutywizacja jako zjawisko o genezie metaforycznej [PDF]
The roles of diminutive morphemes in English and in Polish are hardly equivalent. In English, diminutivization of a noun indicates either a relatively small size of a referent and/or a speaker’s emotional attitude towards it (in the hypocoristic function)
Sokołowska, Olga
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O leksiku u kajkavskom narječju
U radu se daju temeljni podatci o kajkavskom leksiku, njegovu podrijetlu, kontaktu s mađarskim i njemačkim jezikom te suvremenim pojavama u interferenciji s hrvatskim standardnim jezikom (pseudoanalogonimija, najnovije semantičke adaptacije).
Đuro Blažeka
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This study attempts to analyse the stylistic and cultural role of diminutives using examples from the short story collection The Last Wish by A. Sapkowski.
J. Nowak +2 more
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Truncation of some akan personal names [PDF]
This paper examines some morphophonological processes in Akan personal names with focus on the former process. The morphological processes of truncation of some indigenous personal names identified among the Akan (Asante) ethnic group of Ghana are ...
Adomako, Kwasi
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The Madonna's body: The social construction of a neutralized body [PDF]
This paper deals with the statue of Our Lady of Maidens, kept in the parish church of Civitella Roveto in the Abruzzo region, in Italy. After describing the religious rituals involving the statue of this Virgin in order to shed light on her title, the ...
Fabbrini, Marco
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Catalan Teenagers’ Identity, Literacy and Language Practices on YouTube [PDF]
This chapter addresses the interconnection between identity building and the use and learning of language and literacy online. We will do so through a case study that investigates the specifics of three Catalan teenage language users and learners who ...
B Flyvbjerg +23 more
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An Analysis of Word Formation Processes on Cosmetic Product Descriptions in U.S Celebrities’ Beauty Brands [PDF]
This research explored the types of word formation processes in the descriptions of cosmetic products. This descriptive qualitative study employed the classification of word formation processes proposed by Yule’s (2010)—derivation, compounding ...
Citra Ayu Larasati, Pariyanto
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Word Formation at Time Term in Modern Standard Arabic and Egypt
: This study aims to analyse the vocabulary of time in Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) and Egyptian Arabic (EA) in scopes of word-formation and phonological contrast. This research is descriptive qualitative research.
Donald Matheos Rattu +3 more
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FIGURE OF SPEECH: SHIFT IN STYLE IN THE POETRY OF W.D HOWELLS AND T.S ELLIOT [PDF]
This research aims to analyze the stylistic turn in the poems about Realism entitled "Dead" and "If" by William Dean Howell and “The Fire Sermon”and "The Burial of Dead" by T.S. Eliot about Modernism.
Alfarisi, Salman +2 more
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