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The article is devoted to the analysis of previously unstudied age-related specific in functioning of the subject pronoun I-one in the speech of British social elite.
Irina Aleksandrovna Tislenkova +2 more
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Reflexives and reflexive constructions in Afrikaans
This article provides a non-formalistic description of the various reflexive pronouns in Afrikaans. In addition to the traditional class of reflexive pronouns, it is shown that possessive pronouns can also be used reflexively. The facts about (obligatory)
Oosthuizen, Johan
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The relationship between pronoun production and pronoun interpretation has been proposed to follow Bayesian principles, combining a comprehender’s expectation about which referent will be mentioned next and their estimate of how likely it is that a ...
Jet Hoek +2 more
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Subject pronoun expression in Spanish is regulated by functional factors while the role of the mechanical factor priming, or perseveration, has been a source of debate. Additionally, 3sg subjects have been identified as more difficult to acquire than 1sg in L2 Spanish.
{De Prada Pérez}, Ana, Feroce, Nick
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This paper is devoted to a singular use of definite descriptions in the online tabloids. Many definite descriptions, such as Jill Biden's husband to designate Joe Biden and Melania's husband to designate Donald Trump, appear unrelated to the subject ...
Mathilde Salles
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Language Change in Cuban Spanish: Subject Pronoun Variation [PDF]
This lecture by Gabriela G. Alfaraz examines the Cuban variety of subject pronoun expression in Spanish, and the linguistic and social factors that influenced the variation of the forms.
Cuban Research Institute, Florida International University
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On the Prospects for African Philosophy in Australia
ABSTRACT This paper grapples with the situation of people of African descent in Australia by working through the constitution of the body of academic philosophy in the country. It contends with the parochialism of the Australian philosophical community and the prospects for the cultivation of greater pluralism. Taking African philosophy as one possible
Bryan Mukandi
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Null subject pronouns in Papiá Kristang (Malacca Creole Portuguese)
This paper investigates variation in the subject pronoun expression (SPE) in Papiá Kristang (Malacca Creole Portuguese), a language without verb inflection. Previous accounts of Kristang (Baxter, 1988, 2012b; Hancock, 1969, 1973; Knowlton, 1964; R&
Alan Norman Baxter +1 more
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The present study investigates subject expression in two generations of Portuguese migrants living in Hamburg, Germany. Based on a corpus of oral speech, we aim to assess whether second generation heritage speakers (HSs) differ from first generation ...
Cristina Flores, Esther Rinke
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On shared indefinite expressions in coordinative structures [PDF]
The paper shows that shared indefinite expressions in coordinative constructions may differ with respect to their referential properties. This is due to their being either in a focused or in a nonfocused shared constituent.
Schwabe, Kerstin
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