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This paper provides an in-depth analysis of the semantic and syntactic properties of all-clefts (All I ate for dinner was a salad). The main characteristic of all-clefts is the inference that what is designated by the cleft is not much (the “smallness ...
Jos Tellings
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Interactions of miR-323/miR-326/miR-329 and miR-130a/miR-155/miR-210 as prognostic indicators for clinical outcome of glioblastoma patients [PDF]
Abstract Background Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most common and aggressive brain tumor with poor clinical outcome. Identification and development of new markers could be beneficial for the diagnosis and prognosis of GBM patients. Deregulation of microRNAs (miRNAs or miRs) is involved in GBM.
Qiu, Shuwei +5 more
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Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an inflammatory autoimmune disease which affects various tissues and organs mainly joints. Serum microRNAs are considered a new class of non-coding RNA which plays a vital role in pathogenesis of RA.The current study was conducted on 80 RA patients and 80 healthy participants.
Omayma O. Abdelaleem +9 more
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The causal value of 'cómo': factivity, mirativity and illocutionary forces
The interrogative element cómo ‘how’ of Spanish has a double meaning: that of manner and that causal. With the former, it behaves like a typical interrogative element, but, with the latter, its behavior manifests the specificities of por qué ‘why’.
Bernat Castro López
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The proper treatment of egophoricity in Kathmandu Newari [PDF]
We develop a theory of so-called 'conjunct-disjunct marking', also known as 'egophoricity', in Kathmandu Newari. The signature pattern of egophoricity looks a bit like person agreement: In declaratives, there is a special marker that goes on first person
Coppock, Elizabeth, Wechsler, Stephen
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Systems of TMA and Related Categories in Functional Discourse Grammar: A Brief Overview
In this introductory paper, we will briefly introduce FDG and its treatment of systems of tense, aspect, mood, evidentiality, polarity, mirativity and localization, as well as their lexical counterparts.
Hengeveld Kees, Olbertz Hella
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Labrador Inuttitut: Speaking into the future [PDF]
This paper discusses the issue of language loss in northern Labrador Inuttitut. Like many communities across northern Canada, Labrador is facing the possible complete loss of Inuktitut, demonstrated by the fact that almost no children speak it as a first
Andersen, Catharyn, Johns, Alana
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The article presents a comparative analysis of secondary forms that are based on semantically and functionally correlated participial forms in the Yakut and Tuvan languages.
Gavril G. Filippov, Bailak Ch. Oorzhak
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Toward a typology of constative speech acts:actions beyond evidentiality, epistemic modality, and factuality [PDF]
The present study joins the long-running debate about the semantic– pragmatic distinction of the three domains of epistemic modality, evidentiality, and factuality.
Tantucci, Vittorio
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MIRATIVNOST U SLOVAČKOM JEZIKU NA PRIMJERU PREFIKSALNIH GLAGOLA U DNEVNOM LISTU SME [PDF]
The phenomenon of mirativity, which is based on conveying information that is new or unexpected and causes surprise and counter-expectation, was observed and analysed in many languages; however, there is a lack of research on the topic in the Slovak ...
Ráčková, Lucia
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