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Remnant Case Forms and Patterns of Syncretism in Early West Germanic
Transactions of the Philological Society, EarlyView.Abstract Early stages of the Old West Germanic languages differ from the other two branches, Gothic and Norse, by showing remnants of a fifth case in a‐ and ō‐stem nouns. The forms in question, which have the ending ‐i or ‐u, are conventionally labelled ‘instrumental’ and cover a range of functions, such as instrument, means, comitative and locative ...
Will Thurlwell
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Relating metaphor syntax to metaphor features: An empirical approach
Cogent Arts & HumanitiesThe study investigates the relationship between syntactic structure and metaphor features – quality, aptness, familiarity, and comprehensibility – using metaphorical expressions collected from Serbian poetry.
Ivana Mitić +2 more
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Multilinguales, 2019 The text deals with the fragmentation of the French exponent nominal syntagma (SN) in the context of generative syntax. The SN consists of two mandatory elements that are the determinant (Det) and the noun (N).
Mohamed Camara
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Rethinking the syntax of nominal predication
, 2020 Human languages often disallow bare nominals as predicates. Scottish Gaelic is a particularly striking case, in that it disallows simple nominal predication entirely, using alternative syntactic means to deliver the required meanings. This paper provides an answer both to the larger question of why NP predication is so restricted, and to the more local
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Native syntax and translation effects: adnominal arguments in the Greek and Latin New Testament [PDF]
, 2011 A comparative study of the syntax of adnominal arguments in the Greek original and in the Latin Vulgate translation of the Gospels shows that word order in this domain is strikingly parallel in the two languages.
GIANOLLO, CHIARA
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Computer Graphics Forum, EarlyView.Abstract Designers often create visualizations to achieve specific high‐level analytical or communication goals. These goals require people to extract complex and interconnected data patterns. Prior perceptual studies of visualization effectiveness have focused on low‐level tasks, such as estimating statistical quantities, and have recently explored ...
Hyotaek Jeon +8 more
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On nominal relational morphology in Tibeto-Burman
, 2010 For this paper, 170 Tibeto-Burman languages were surveyed for nominal ease marking (adpositions), in an attempt to determine ifit would be possible to reeonstruet any ease markers to Proto· Tibeto-Burman, and in so doing leam more about the nature of the
LaPolla, Randy J.
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Resolusi Konflik Budaya ‘Uang Japuik’ Suku Pariaman di Sumatera Barat
Tradisi ‘Uang Japuik’ sudah menjadi tradisi turun menurun pada suku Pariaman di Provinsi Sumatera Barat yang dalam pelaksanaannya sering terjadi konflik antar dua keluarga calon mempelai.
Fauzy, Shanty Dewi
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The syntax of nominal appositives
Journal of LinguisticsAbstract There are various types of nominal appositives. One is predicative, as in She invited Lulu Moppet, an old friend , to the party ; one is specificational, as in
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Does an optimistic tone in annual reports predict better financial and non‐financial performance?
European Management Review, EarlyView.Abstract In the current paper, we investigate whether management adopts an optimistic disclosure tone to impress the corporate audience or to provide incremental information (II) by anticipating positive corporate performance. Specifically, we test whether an optimistic tone in annual reports (ARs) is a positive predictor of better financial and non ...
Francesco Gangi +3 more
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