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The double modal construction in English world wide

World Englishes, EarlyView.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Cognitive Mechanisms of Referential Ambiguity Resolution in L2 Russian by Chinese Learners: Evidence from Eye-Tracking. [PDF]

J Eye Mov Res
Ran T, Guo L, Xu H.
europepmc   +1 more source

Alternation of must, have to, and need to in English as a lingua franca

World Englishes, EarlyView.
Abstract This study explores the grammatical variability of modal auxiliary verbs in English as a lingua franca. Focusing on the ongoing change must, have to, and need to, this research utilizes two spoken corpora: the Vienna–Oxford International Corpus of English (VOICE) and the Asian Corpus of English (ACE).
Chunyuan Nie, Lea Meriläinen, Mikko Laitinen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Large language models perpetuate bias in palliative care: Development and analysis of the Palliative Care Adversarial Dataset (PCAD). [PDF]

PLOS Digit Health
Akhras N, Antaki F, Mottet F, Nguyen O, Sawhney S, Bajwah S, Davies JM.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Spre o tipologie a activităților și exercițiilor lexicale în ora de RLS

ACROSS
The place given to the lexicon in language teaching and learning is very important because "it is from the lexicon that syntax is organised" (Courtillon, 1989: 146) [1] and because it is impossible to learn how a language works without words.
Alina IFTIME
doaj  

On predication, derivation and anti-locality

, 2013
This paper pursues the question what the implications of the Anti-Locality Hypothesis could be for the syntax of secondary predication. Focus of the discussion will be an investigation of what their internal structure of small clause complements must ...
Grohmann, Kleanthes K.
core  

The [ADJ + as] intensifier construction in Māori English/Aotearoa English

World Englishes, EarlyView.
Abstract We introduce the Waikato Māori English Conversation (MEC) corpus, which consists of 43 dyadic conversations between 49 young adults who self‐recorded informal conversations with close friends, in their own homes, with no topic of conversation specified (83 hours of dialogue; nearly 800,000 words).
Andreea S. Calude, Hēmi Whaanga
wiley   +1 more source

The Link Between Syntactic Complexity and Stuttering-Like Disfluencies in French Speaking Adults. [PDF]

Int J Lang Commun Disord
Dévic AL, Diwersy S, Didirková I.
europepmc   +1 more source

Superlative Objoid Constructions in British and American English

World Englishes, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates regional variation in Superlative Objoid constructions (SOCs) and their prepositional variant (at‐SOCs). SOCs combine a possessive pronoun with a superlative adjective. These function as manner‐degree modifiers in a context where the possessive is in postverbal position and correlative with the subject, as in they tried
Tamara Bouso, Marianne Hundt
wiley   +1 more source

English address terms in Australian, British and North American English on Twitter/X

World Englishes, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study analyses address terms on Twitter/X across three English‐speaking regions: Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States. Using a random sample, we examine the frequency and regional distribution of address forms, including @‐mentions, vocatives, titles, kinship terms and greetings.
Martin Schweinberger, Amir Sheikhan
wiley   +1 more source