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Mood Selection in the Old Northumbrian Gloss to Durham MS A.iv.19

Transactions of the Philological Society, Volume 123, Issue 2, Page 189-212, July 2025.
Abstract The aim of this article is to examine the use of the subjunctive in the 10th‐century Old Northumbrian gloss to Durham MS A.iv.19. We assess whether there is evidence for a weakening of the indicative/subjunctive opposition, as has been argued for the earlier gloss to the Lindisfarne Gospels, which was the work of the same glossator, Aldred of ...
Julia Fernández Cuesta, Christopher Langmuir   +1 more
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TRAPPED BETWEEN CASE AND NUMBER. A TYPOLOGY OF ADNUMERATIVE FORMS†

Studia Linguistica, Volume 79, Issue 1, Page 215-257, April 2025.
In this paper, I study the nature of adnumerative or numerative forms; i.e. morphologically dedicated inflectional forms that can only be used with numerals or quantifiers (e.g. Russian dva časá ‘two o'clock’ vs. [gen sg] čása). Adnumeratives are cross‐linguistically very rare; yet they raise some interesting theoretical discussions. This work is based
Kristian Roncero
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Paroemias “wolf’s sun” and “sun of wolves”

Неофилология, 2019
We consider the combinations of the periphrastic nature of “wolf’s sun”, “wolf’s sunshine”, “sun of wolves”, “sun of wolf”, which are used to name the night time image in the titles of the television shows and poetic texts.
Chunyang Du
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Mixed‐Effects Modeling with a Multinomial Dependent Variable

Language Learning, Volume 75, Issue 1, Page 212-249, March 2025.
Abstract In this Methods Showcase Article, we illustrate mixed‐effects modeling with a multinomial dependent variable as a means of explaining complexities in language. We model data on future‐time reference in second language Spanish, which consists of a nominal dependent variable that has three levels, measured over 73 participants.
Aarnes Gudmestad, Thomas A. Metzger
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The meaning of periphrases in the expression of semantics

Неофилология
INTRODUCTION. Periphrasis, which belongs to the linguistic universal that initially interested rhetoricians, is noted in many languages, including Russian and Uzbek. The attention of scientists to the study of periphrastic units, as a rule, is focused on
B. K. Mardiyev
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Conventional periphrases of anthroponyms from a contrastive perspective (on the example of Polish periphrastic expressions and their Croatian equivalents)

Poznańskie Studia Slawistyczne, 2018
The focal issue of the present paper is the conventional periphrasis as an object of contrastive research. Such expressions may have different cross-linguistic equivalents, including full, partial, parallel and zero counterparts.
Joanna Szerszunowicz, Ivana Vidović Bolt   +1 more
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Exploration of the mandative subjunctive in Pakistani English

World Englishes, Volume 44, Issue 1-2, Page 202-217, March-June 2025.
Abstract The study at hand explores the alternation between the mandative subjunctive and its equivalent construction with the modal verb should in Pakistani English. The study enhances understanding of the alternation both by focusing on Pakistani English as a relatively under‐researched postcolonial variety of English and by complementing the ...
Karola Schmidt, Nina Funke
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ÖZLİ ÎCÂZ VE İTNÂB ARASINDAKİ DELİLLERİN KARŞILAŞTIRILMASI [91-103]

Fırat Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, 2014
Belâğat ilminin meânî tabirlerinden olan îcâz lügatte, az sözle çok şey anlatmak veya sözü kısa kesmek manalarına gelir. Belâğat ilminde ise, kelimelerin manayı ifade edecek ölçüden az olmasıdır.
Muzaffer Özli
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Perifrasi zaharra mendebalde eta erdialdeko euskara zaharrean: azterketa kuantifikatiboa eta proposamen berria

Anuario del Seminario de Filología Vasca "Julio de Urquijo", 2007
In the history of the occidental and central dialects of Basque, the verbal periphrases composed by the verbal stem / or the participle and the auxiliaries *edin, *ezan, egin have undergone a change in the form of their principal verb. Up to now, the
Céline Mounole
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Partner of Choice: Australian National Interest in Infrastructure Development Programs in Papua New Guinea

Asia &the Pacific Policy Studies, Volume 12, Issue 1, January 2025.
ABSTRACT Australian‐funded development programs aim to support the needs of partner governments but ultimately advance Australiaʼs national interests. This research unpacks this discourse on the major Australian‐funded infrastructure development programs in Papua New Guinea.
Lucy Pennington
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