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Pronominal System of Soikkola Ingrian: Interrogative/Relative, Indefinite, and Negative Pronouns and Their Variation [PDF]
The paper analyses several classes of pronouns in the Soikkola dialect of the Ingrian language, namely interrogative/relative, indefinite, and negative pronouns.
Anna Schwarz, Fedor Rozhanskiy
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Subscription Formulae Expression Variants in the Croatian Texts of the Lovran Notebook
Subscription (subscriptio) as the medieval diplomatic corroboration formula appears mostly as a signature left by the participants in the legal act (cf. Brković 1995, Stipišić 1985).
Gordana Čupković
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Most of the world's languages have indefinite pronouns, that is, expressions such as someone, anything, and nowhere. This book presents an encyclopaedic investigation of indefinite pronouns in the languages of the world, mapping out the range of ...
Haspelmath, Martin
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ANALYSIS COMPARATIVE OF CHINESE AND INDONESIA PRONOUNS [PDF]
Personal pronouns in communication plays a significant role. Proper use of personal pronouns, communication can proceed smoothly. Misuse of personal pronouns, or failure of communication will be blocked, or even make the communication between two sides ...
Yi, Ying, Ying, Y. (Yi), Yi Ying
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This research describes possessive pronouns in German. This study aims to describe the form and functions of noun phrases with possessive pronouns in German. The data is obtained from short stories taken from the Onleihe Goethe Institute website.
Trisiana, Inggit, Hariri, Tatang
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The Finnish logophoric pronoun hän: a quantitative approach
The paper examines the logophoric use of hän ‘he/she’ in contemporary Finnish conversation data. A logophoric pronoun is a device used in reported speech referring to the original speaker of a reported utterance.
Katri Priiki
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Scientific discourse is characterized by highly normative and strict genre constraints on language use, both on the macro (text) and micro (word) level. The purpose of this article is to study the distribution of the French indefinite pronoun on and its ...
Anje Müller Gjesdal
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Gendered Pronouns in Chinese EL2 Speech:The Case of Epicene Pronouns [PDF]
This paper presents an exploratory study on the usage of epicene pronouns in the speech of Chinese EL2 students, who were undertaking a Master’s programme in the UK. The reasons for speakers’ use or non-use of epicene pronouns is also explored to provide
Reilly-Thornton, Ashley
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Exploring the function and distribution of generic pronouns: The example of German man and du [PDF]
This work examines the research to date on generic pronouns – that is, items such as English one and German man – and suggests how this can be advanced through empirical means.
Linthe, Anna
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This study aims at conducting a comprehensive comparison of pronouns in three languages namely Arabic, English and Spanish. The comparison is implemented in light of three types of pronouns; personal pronouns, demonstrative pronouns and relative pronouns.
Ababneh, I. A. (Imad) +5 more
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