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Diglosia, 2023 The use of social media gave rise to internet variety language. This language variety includes low variety language because it is used in informal situations.
Faradhiba Salsabila +2 more
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On an alternative to long A´-movement in German and Dutch [PDF]
, 2008 This paper provides an analysis of an alternative strategy to A´-movement in both German and Dutch where the extracted constituent is preceded by a preposition and a coreferential pronoun appears in the extraction site. The construction has properties of
Salzmann, Martin
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Transactions of the Philological Society, EarlyView.Abstract This study investigates the lexicographical potential of Medieval Latin documentation from the Venetian area of the Italo‐Romance domain, highlighting the need for a systematic approach to bridge Latin and vernacular linguistic developments. The project MEDITA – Medieval Latin Documentation and Digital Italo‐Romance Lexicography.
Jacopo Gesiot
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‘I got into the room by means of a picklock key and found him’ Complex Prepositions in Early Modern English [PDF]
, 2016 English complex prepositions can be subdivided into two-word and three-word sequences, the former containing an adverb, adjective or conjunction together with a simple preposition (i.e.
Calle-Martin, Javier +1 more
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Transactions of the Philological Society, EarlyView.Abstract In Welsh, in certain tenses, unique forms of the verb for ‘be’ are used in positive clauses. These specialised forms of ‘be’ are incompatible with positive main‐clause declarative complementizers, despite their apparent featural compatibility. For most speakers, they are also blocked from if‐clauses; although, I report on data regarding their ...
Frances Dowle
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Научный диалог, 2017 The article is devoted to the description of derived prepositions soobrazno ( s ) ‘in accordance (with)’ within a system of means of expression the relations of comparison.
E. S. Sheremetyeva, T. Chuyeakayev
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On the development of relativization in the English language [PDF]
, 2019 The discussion is about relative clauses in Old English and the transition to the Middle English period. More specifically, it deals with the phenomenon of preposition stranding in one type of relative clauses but not in the two other types.
Castillo, Concha
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Vulgar Minimisers in English and Spanish1
Transactions of the Philological Society, EarlyView.Abstract In this paper, we investigated whether vulgar minimisers form a natural class in English and Spanish by evaluating (i) their similarities and differences with respect to non‐vulgar minimisers and (ii) whether vulgar minimisers are inherently negative in these languages.
Ángel L. Jiménez‐Fernández +1 more
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'Mits': oud en stout : een nieuw leven voor voorwaardelijk 'mits'
Brünner Beiträge zur Germanistik und Nordistik, 2016 The old and rather neglected, archaic, formal Dutch word 'mits' (English: 'if and only if') started of as a preposition, evolved in current Dutch to a conjunction, whereas the use as a conditional preposition (quite normal in Belgium) is frowned upon. In
Gert Loosen
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Frequency and Variability in Errors in the Use of English Prepositions
Miscelánea: A Journal of English and American Studies, 1996 The purpose of this study is: a) to determine the frequency of preposition errors in a descriptive composition written by Spanish secondary students; b) to prove the systematicity of these errors in students from different state secondary schools; c) to
Rosa María Jiménez Catalán
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