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Cross-linguistically, spatial expressions display a propensity to undergo semantic extensions, thus frequently giving rise to grammatical markers. Drawing on diachronic material derived from the Corpus of Historical American English and synchronic data ...
D. Herda
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The morphological expression of approximation: the emergingsimil- construction in Italian [PDF]
This paper contributes to the study of evaluative morphology by investigating an emerging morphological construction in Italian within the framework of Construction Morphology. The schema in question, which contains the string simil- (related to the adjective simile ‘similar’) plus a nominal or adjectival base, is analyzed as a newly-created ...
Francesca Masini, M. Silvia Micheli
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Heterogeneous sets: a diachronic typology of associative and similative plurals [PDF]
This paper provides a diachronic typology of what we call ‘heterogeneous plurals’, an overarching term comprising associative plurals (expressions meaning X[person] & company) and similative plurals (expressions meaning X and similar entities). Based
Mauri, Caterina, Sanso', Andrea
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Adaptive Control of Resource Flow to Optimize Construction Work and Cash Flow via Online Deep Reinforcement Learning [PDF]
Due to complexity and dynamics of construction work, resource, and cash flows, poor management of them usually leads to time and cost overruns, bankruptcy, even project failure.
Can Jiang +4 more
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Direct speech, subjectivity and speaker positioning in London English and Paris French [PDF]
This paper examines functional similarities and differences in the use of pragmatic features – in particular quotatives and general extenders – on the right and left periphery of direct quotations.
Andersen +11 more
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This article presents a state-of-the-art review of the applications of Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), and Deep Learning (DL) in building and construction industry 4.0 in the facets of architectural design and visualization; material
S. Baduge +7 more
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Equative Constructions in the Laki Language [PDF]
Different linguistic constructions, including comparative, superlative, similative, and equative constructions, are employed to convey the concept of comparison.
Parisa Najafi +2 more
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Non-exhaustive connectives [PDF]
This paper provides the first cross-linguistic study on non-exhaustive connectives. After defining non-exhaustivity and briefly exploring the range of linguistic strategies encoding it across languages, the methodology underlying the study will be ...
Alessandra Barotto, Caterina Mauri
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This review paper presents a comprehensive analysis of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodologies applied to construction materials. It begins with an introduction highlighting the significance of LCA in the construction industry, followed by an overview ...
S. Barbhuiya, B. B. Das
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Discourse-pragmatic variation in Paris French and London English: Insights from general extenders [PDF]
This paper examines the use of general extenders (GEs), such as and stuff in English and et tout in French, in Paris French and London English. We aim to compare the social and the linguistic conditioning of extender use in the two languages, discuss the
Secova, Maria
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