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On the Evolution of Old Portuguese Indefinite jamais ‘Never’—Syntactic Analyzability and Polarity

open access: yesLanguages
In Contemporary Portuguese, jamais ‘never’ is a negative indefinite that encodes temporal semantics and belongs to the set of strong Negative Polarity Items, being able to express negation on its own, in preverbal position.
Clara Pinto
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On the negative squares of indefinite Sturm–Liouville operators

open access: yesJournal of Differential Equations, 2007
Sturm--Liouville operators on the half-line \(x>0\) are studied. The number of negative squares of all self-adjoint extensions of a simple symmetric operator of defect one with finitely many negative squares is characterized in terms of the behaviour of an abstract Titchmarsh--Weyl function near \(0\) and \(\infty\).
Behrndt, Jussi, Trunk, Carsten
openaire   +1 more source

The Position of Negative Element in Prepositional Phrases with Negative Indefinites

open access: yesRasprave Instituta za Hrvatski Jezik i Jezikoslovlje, 2013
Croatian negative indefinite expressions, or the so-called ni-words, are complex forms made by adding the prefix ni- to simple forms of indefinite pronouns.
Irena Zovko Dinković
doaj  

Sluicing phenomena [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The paper shows that in various sluicing types, the wh-phrase in the sluicing sentence as well as its relatum in the antecedent clause must be F-marked, and it explains this observation with Schwarzschild's (1999) and Merchant's (1999) focus theory ...
Schwabe, Kerstin
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Alternative Price Dynamics and Valuation of Flexible Strategies

open access: yesInternational Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this article, we study the optimal operational strategy of production projects. We investigate different underlying price models and determine the optimal barriers of transition to suspension, recovery, or irreversible abandonment of productive activity.
Cristina Bertolosi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sociolinguistics meets typology: Insight from vernacular speech to account for cross-linguistic patterns

open access: yesLinguistic Typology at the Crossroads
This study explores how two English grammatical systems with alternative grammatical options expose typological tendencies. A study of negation, no vs. negative quantifiers (nothing) vs.
Sali Tagliamonte
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Ultrasound‐Guided Liposomal vs. Conventional Bupivacaine Erector Spinae Plane Block Plus Gabapentin for Postherpetic Neuralgia

open access: yesThe Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study aimed to compare efficacy and safety of ultrasound‐guided erector spinae plane block (ESPB) using liposomal (LB) versus conventional bupivacaine (CB), each plus standardized gabapentin, in patients with postherpetic neuralgia (PHN). A total of 116 PHN patients were randomized to ESPB‐LB or ESPB‐CB; both groups received standardized ...
Xia‐Jing Xu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Specifics [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
In all these examples there appears to be mismatch between the position at which an indefinite appears and its preferred interpretation. Following many of the more recent contributions to the literature, I will assume that this is the hallmark of ...
Geurts, Bart
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A Perspective of Multi‐Reflecting TOF MS

open access: yesMass Spectrometry Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Time‐of‐flight mass spectrometry (TOF MS) excels in rapid and high‐sensitivity analysis, making it a cornerstone of analytical chemistry. But as sample complexity explodes in omics studies, so does the need for higher resolving power to ensure accurate results.
A. N. Verenchikov   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nunca and other aspects of negation in Kalunga Portuguese

open access: yesJournal of Ibero-Romance Creoles, 2020
This paper investigates the use of negative markers in Kalunga Portuguese and aspects of negation phenomena in this variety. Kalunga has several types of sentential negation: preverbal, discontinuous and post-verbal negation. The distribution of negative
Ana Paulla Braga Mattos
doaj  

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