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Lexico-semantic peculiarities of place names of Nova Scotia (Canada)
The article is devoted to the lexico-semantic peculiarities of place names of Nova Scotia (Canada). As a result of the lexico-semantic analysis several groups of place names were indicated according to two features: origin and motivation.
A U Ilyina
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COMBINATORIAL SET OF LEXICO-GRAMMATICAL CLASSES OF NOUNS IN THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE
The article focuses on the changes of nouns, the lexico-grammatical features of which make it impossible to refer them to a specific lexico-grammatical class.
Mariya L. Lapteva, Natalya V. Lukina
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The article deals with some methods of work aimed at mastering the lexical norms of the language of regional communication (Russian) by schoolchildren of educational establishments of the Ukrainian Danube region.
Svitlana Glushchuk
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Lexical typology : a programmatic sketch [PDF]
The present paper is an attempt to lay the foundation for Lexical Typology as a new kind of linguistic typology.1 The goal of Lexical Typology is to investigate crosslinguistically significant patterns of interaction between lexicon and ...
Behrens, Leila, Sasse, Hans-Jürgen
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ABSTRACT People process concrete words more quickly and accurately than abstract ones—the so‐called “concreteness effect.” This advantage also reflects differences in how the brain processes and stores concrete versus abstract words. In this electrophysiological study, we treated word concreteness as a continuous variable and examined its effects on ...
Maria Montefinese+3 more
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Dancing cheek to cheek with cheek : the historical meanderings and phraseological productivity of the word [PDF]
In the sections that follow we shall be concerned with analyzing the semantic evolution of the noun cheek in the history of English. The semantics of the lexical item under scrutiny will be examined with reference to its two aspects, that is (1) the ...
Kleparski, Grzegorz A.+1 more
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When the ‘inclusive turn’ fuels the entrepreneurial city: Critical perspectives from Singapore
The rise of the notion of ‘inclusion’ in urban planning, seen in phrases like inclusive city, calls for a critical analysis of its evolving meaning and its spatial, social and political implications. Paradoxically, the meaning of urban inclusion has narrowed such that it now primarily refers to accessibility for people with disabilities.
Marie Gibert‐Flutre, Sarah Cosatto
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The research is performed within the frame of cognitive linguistics. This article is directed at the somatic lexis of the English language in order to get some information of how native speakers perceive themselves in the world around.
E. A. Ponomareva
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Introduction to the special issue on Nigerian English
World Englishes, EarlyView.
Kingsley O. Ugwuanyi
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SUPERPOSITION OF GRAMMATICAL AND STATISTICAL LEARNING IN A SECOND LANGUAGE: AN EYE‐TRACKING STUDY
Abstract In this paper, data from an eye‐tracking study on auxiliary selection in L2 Italian are reported. The data suggest that learners of Italian over time and with increasing experience can process the same compound past verbs in two apparently commutable ways within the same experimental session.
Stefano Rastelli
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