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The Latvian Vocative and Other Case Forms in Direct Address Constructions

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This article is devoted to the study of syntactic and pragmatic functions of the vocative and direct address constructions. Since the direct address in Latvian, in addition to the vocative, also permits the nominative and accusative, this article ...
Andra Kalnača, Ilze Lokmane
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Les formules d'allocution nominales dans les Tragédies de Sénèque: Étude morpho-syntaxique et pragmatique [PDF]

, 2010
The aim of this paper is to characterize the morphosyntactic and pragmatic properties of noun phrases of address in Seneca's tragic discourse. After a short introduction on the part played by these vocative formula in dramatic enunciation, we will ...
Bodelot, Colette, Verdier, Estelle
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WHAT IS RESPONSIBILITY TOWARD THE PAST? ETHICAL, EXISTENTIAL, AND TRANSGENERATIONAL DIMENSIONS

History and Theory, Volume 63, Issue 4, Page 128-151, December 2024.
ABSTRACT Today, there is a growing interest in the ethics of the human and social sciences, and in the discussions surrounding these topics, notions such as responsibility toward the past are often invoked. But those engaged in these discussions seldom acknowledge that there are at least two distinct logics of responsibility underlying many debates ...
Natan Elgabsi
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Vocatives as parenthetical adjuncts: Evidence from Arabic

Glossa, 2020
Vocatives are noun phrases that are generally used as calls to attract an addressee’s attention or as addresses to maintain contact with her/him. In her 2014 book, Virginia Hill analyzes vocatives as forms of address; they are converted to syntax as ...
Youssef Haddad
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Theme and Rheme of Main Character Script in Hachiko Movie [PDF]

, 2013
This Study Deals with the Theme and Rheme of Main Character Script in Hachiko Movie. The Objective of the study are to find out the kinds of thematic progression that is used in Hachiko movie, to find out the kinds of Theme that is used in Hachiko movie,
Pasaribu, T. M. (Tohom), Sumarsih, S. (Sumarsih)   +1 more
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The Discourse of Prayer in the Major Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles [PDF]

, 2004
This article presents a linguistic analysis of the prayers in the five major Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles. In the first part, the prayers are described in terms of form and structural elements. The second part offers a comparison with direct speech in
Houghton, H.A.G.
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The syntax of Arabic vocatives

Brill’s Journal of Afroasiatic Languages and Linguistics, 2019
Abstract This paper examines the syntactic structure of Arabic vocatives, focusing on case-marking of vocatives. The assignment of accusative and nominative-like case can be accounted for in the light of Hill (2017)’s proposal which provides the basic structure of the vocative phrase.
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Provocative Vocatives: Slurs as Expressives

Philosophical Perspectives, Volume 38, Issue 1, Page 41-53, December 2024.
ABSTRACT Fifty years ago, Zwicky demonstrated the slur‐neutral counterpart vocative divergence thesis (SNCVD):Slurs occur freely as vocatives. Neutral counterparts do not. In this article, I craft a novel problem for theories of slurs. The Vocatives Problem is the challenge to explain the SNCVD. I argue that there are two strong solutions.
Robin Jeshion
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FORMES NOMINALES D’ADRESSE AU VOCATIF ET L’EXPRESSION DES RELATIONS SOCIALES EN ROUMAIN, PORTUGAIS ET FRANÇAIS

Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai. Philologia, 2020
Vocative Nominal Address Forms and the Expression of Social Relations in Romanian, Portuguese, and French. In this paper we analyze the vocative, the grammatical case that speakers use to encode the interlocutor in discourse, based on several criteria ...
Andreea TELETIN, Veronica MANOLE
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Transmitting Literature, Preserving Language. Case Studies of Classical Latin from Literary Manuscripts from the Roman East (I bc–II ad)1

Transactions of the Philological Society, Volume 122, Issue 3, Page 463-478, November 2024.
Abstract This paper aims to provide a critical survey of classical Latin literature—with a few insights into slightly later (i.e. Augustan or early imperial) literature—as transmitted in ancient manuscripts dating prior to the third century, i.e.
Maria Chiara Scappaticcio
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