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English Indefinite Ordinals: A First Explanation
, 2019 English ordinals are commonly preceded by the definite article but the pattern is not universal. There are quite a few well attested instances of English ordinals preceded by the indefinite article, which, strangely enough, have not been ...
Berezowski, Leszek
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There Is no First Phase of the Jespersen Cycle1
Transactions of the Philological Society, EarlyView.Abstract This paper challenges the traditional conception of the Jespersen Cycle by arguing that no ‘pure’ first phase of the cycle exists where a single negator operates without reinforcement. Drawing on historical data from Northern Italian dialects (Piedmontese, Lombard, Emilian), we demonstrate that emphatic negative structures systematically co ...
Tommaso Mattiuzzi, Cecilia Poletto
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From the indefinite-impedance and scattering matrices to the port-based indefinite-scattering matrix
, 1988 The authors develop the concept of the indefinite S-matrix and, in particular the port-based indefinite S-matrix, which corresponds to the low-frequency indefinite-impedance matrix and which is the dual of the terminal-based indefinite S-matrix ...
Li, Y., Feng, S., Luo, Y.
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A New Playbook: State‐Driven Solutions for Resilient Health Data
The Milbank Quarterly, EarlyView.Policy Points Disruptions to federal health data infrastructure threaten states’ ability to identify health disparities, target interventions, and evaluate programs, making state‐level investment in data infrastructure and systems especially urgent. States can build resilient, equity‐centered data systems by enacting data disaggregation legislation ...
NINEZ A. PONCE +4 more
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Video Games and Other Online Activities May Improve Health in Ageing
Frontiers in Medicine, 2018 Marios Kyriazis, Elisavet Kiourti
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The Doctrine of State Necessity
The Modern Law Review, EarlyView.This article examines the doctrine of state necessity as a distinct but relatively underexplored doctrine of constitutional law. Drawing on case law from a range of jurisdictions, it considers instances in which courts have accepted otherwise unconstitutional measures as lawful in order to preserve the operation of state institutions or protect ...
Athanasios Peftinas
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AGRICULTURE IN A SOCIALIST CITY: Towards an Alter‐Urban Political Ecology
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract Urban political ecology has developed as a critique of capitalist urbanization. This article develops the concept of alter‐urban political ecology to define urban environments emerging not from capitalist urbanization but from efforts to transform it. Drawing on archival research and ethnographic fieldwork in five urban farms in socialist Cuba,
Gustav Cederlöf
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Further Sources of Indefinite Pronouns
, 2017 This chapter focuses on diachronic sources of indefinite pronouns that cannot be easily subsumed under grammaticalization. It first considers indefinite pronouns marked by scalar focus particles such as ‘even’ and ‘at least’ before discussing the ...
Martin Haspelmath
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VOID URBANISM: Unbuilt New Cities and State Formation in the Democratic Republic of Congo
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract Based on an analysis of the planning process behind Kitoko City in the Democratic Republic of Congo—a new city project officially launched in 2019 but never implemented—this article examines the political, social, and spatial effects generated by urban initiatives that remain at the stage of intention. It investigates how such unbuilt projects
Patrick Belinga Ondoua
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FY 2015 Small Business Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quality Report
, 2015 This report discusses USAID's use of small businesses under Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quality Contracts (IDIQs) during the 2015 fiscal ...
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