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Borders, palindrome prefixes, and square prefixes [PDF]
We show that the number of length-n words over a k-letter alphabet having no even palindromic prefix is the same as the number of length-n unbordered words, by constructing an explicit bijection between the two sets. A slightly different but analogous result holds for those words having no odd palindromic prefix.
Daniel Gabric, Jeffrey Shallit
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The emergence of approximative values in the Italian prefixes semi- and para-
This paper examines the diachrony of two neoclassical prefixes in Italian, namely semi- (from Latin sēmi- ‘half’) and para- (from Ancient Greek parà close to’), based on data extracted from corpora.
Maria Silvia Micheli
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Sorting by Prefix Reversals and Prefix Transpositions
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Dias, Zanoni, Dias, Ulisses
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Los prefijos intensivos del español: caracterización morfo-semántica
In this paper, we take into account the meaning Spanish intensivo prefixes provide for derived items, the restrictions that operate in this derivative process as well as the morphological characterization of these elements in Spanish prefix ...
Josefa Martín García
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Derivational Morphology in Agrammatic Aphasia: A Comparison Between Prefixed and Suffixed Words
Although a relatively large number of studies on acquired language impairments have tested the case of derivational morphology, none of these have specifically investigated whether there are differences in how prefixed and suffixed derived words are ...
Laura Anna Ciaccio +3 more
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Emptiness is not so empty: The meaning of the Russian prefix вы- in the natural perfective verbs
This paper analyzes the meaning of the so-called "empty" prefix вы- (‘out-') of natural perfective verbs in the Russian language. It is argued that the prefix is not semantically empty, but displays meanings that can be analyzed as a radial category.
Tatiana Pozolotina
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This paper discusses the main tendencies in which the Russian prefix ZA- appears to be productive. Since the two major instantiations of its productivity, i.e.
Svetlana Sokolova
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Are prefixes always or never “empty”?
This article investigates the prefix vy- in so-called natural perfectives. On the basis of syntactic constructions where vy-verbs occur, it is argued that that even in natural perfectives vy- is not semantically empty.
Tatiana Pozolotina
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Four Ways to Get Tangled Up in Russian
In this paper I will analyze the four Natural Perfectives of the simplex verb путатьipf ‘tangle up’, namely впутатьpf, спутатьpf, перепутатьpf and запутатьpf. According to Janda et al. (2013:103), “prefix variation” is a phenomenon that applies to 27% of
Maria Nordrum
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A Description of Derivational Affixes in Sarhaddi Balochi of Granchin [PDF]
Sarhaddi Balochi dialect, a language variety of Western (Rakhshani) Balochi, employs derivation through affixation as one of its word formation processes.
Abbas Ali Ahangar +2 more
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