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  • '''R-expression''' is an element whose [[reference]] cannot usually be determined (but see [http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=R-expression&lemmacode=347 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]
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  • ...in some domain of [[interpretation]]. Recently the notion of a referential expression is equated with that of an [[argument]], arguments being the terms which ar *[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Referential+expression&lemmacode=328 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics] <br>
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  • ...ion. In [[intensional logic]] and [[Montague Grammar]] the intension of an expression is a function which gives the extension in every possible world.
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  • ...ntension of an expression as a function which yields the extension of that expression in every possible world. The distinction between extension and intension is
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  • '''Name''' is an expression which directly refers to an individual in the [[universe of discourse]]. Se [[R-expression]]
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  • ...e lambda-operator makes it possible to give a logical translation of every expression, including quantified noun phrases: ...combine the noun phrase in (ii)a with a predicate like ''walk'', then the expression in (ii)b is applied to the translation of ''walk''. In other words: the tra
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  • C An [[R-expression]] is [[free]]. ...conjoined with a characterization of [[anaphor]]s, [[pronominal]]s and [[R-expression]]s in terms of the features 'anaphor' and 'pronominal' as in (ii).
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  • ...an expression relates to properties of the (mental) representation of the expression. For example, the reference of ''the president of the USA'' is George Bush *[[Referential expression]]
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  • A constituent of an expression is any part of the expression that, linguistically, functions as a unit. In terms of [[tree structure]], Various tests can be employed to establish whether a given part of an expression is a constituent. One well-known test is used in (ii);
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  • ...nal and sociocultural aspects of meaning, restricting ourselves to what an expression refers to.
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  • ...at X is not closely related to the speaker or subject, as in the following expression: This expression implies that the house is not John’s house (Grice 1975:56).
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  • : characterizes the meaning of an expression in terms of the notions [[reference]] and [[truth]]. The meaning of a sente ...h the expression, i.e. with a mental representation of the content of that expression, often making use of [[decomposition of word meaning]]. The semantic work w
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  • An '''idiom''' is a complex expression whose meaning cannot be inferred from the meanings of its parts. It is a fi [[Category:Expression]]
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  • ...in some domain of [[interpretation]]. Recently the notion of a referential expression is equated with that of an [[argument]], arguments being the terms which ar *[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Referential+expression&lemmacode=328 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics] <br>
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  • In [[Relational Grammar]], '''term''' is used for an expression bearing the [[grammatical relation]] of subject ("1"), direct object ("2"), * a cover term for [[individual expression]]s and [[predicate (in logic)|predicate]]s (in formal logic; see [[term (in
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  • ...alva veritate''' is the possibility of replacing an expression alpha by an expression beta with the same reference in such a way that the resulting sentence has
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  • ...nal, i.e. they take an expression of type a as their argument and yield an expression of type b, which is indicated in their type as follows: &lt;a,b&gt;. The on
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  • ...n-argument''' is an [[NP]] in [[A-position]], which is not a [[referential expression]] and is not assigned a [[theta-role]].
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  • This is presumably an abbreviation of ''nominal phrase'', ''nominal expression'', or similar.
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  • ...is that aspect of meaning which does not concern the denotation of a given expression, but a speaker's attitude towards the denotation ([[emotive meaning]]) or a
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  • '''Individual constant''' is a basic expression of [[predicate logic]] which refers to one specific individual in the [[uni
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  • ...s that allow [[free word order]], the use of [[syntactically discountinous expression]]s and extensive use of [[null-anaphora]]. The term was coined by [[Kenneth
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  • '''Ambiguity''' is the phenomenon that an expression has more than one meaning.
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  • A '''predicate term''' is an expression denoting a given predicate. For example, ''man'' is a predicate term denoti
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  • '''Individual variable''' is a basic expression of [[predicate logic]] which is used as a place-holder with a [[predicate l
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  • If an expression has two (or more) '''readings''', it has two (or more) logically distinct [
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  • In semantics, a '''meta-variable''' is an expression of a [[metalanguage]] that can be used to refer to arbitrary [[object langu
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  • '''Formula''' is a every expression defined by the syntactic rules of [[propositional logic]] and [[predicate l
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  • ...d more generally to cover everything that is part of the [[meaning]] of an expression except for its [[denotation]]. In this sense, the term is in some respect s
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  • ...noun phrase]] which is used as a [[predicate]], rather than as a referring expression.
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  • A '''modal''' expression indicates the attitude of the [[speaker]] with respect to the [[truth value
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  • A '''noun phrase''' is a referential expression that can serve as an [[argument]] of a [[verb]] or an [[adposition]] and ge
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  • '''R-expression''' is an element whose [[reference]] cannot usually be determined (but see [http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=R-expression&lemmacode=347 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]
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  • '''Anaphoric epithet''' is a [[R-expression]] whose reference depends anaphorically upon some other element.
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  • '''Individual term''' is an expression in [[predicate logic]] which can figure as an argument of a predicate and w
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  • in both ''John is amused'' and ''This is amusing (to) John'' the expression ''John'' is associated with the Experiencer role.
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  • '''Labeled bracketing''' is a way of representing the [[structure]] of an [[expression]] by writing square [[bracket]]s ('[' and ']') to the left and right hand s
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  • ...ondary predicate''' is a (mostly [[adjective|adjectival]]) [[predicative]] expression that conveys information about the subject but is not the main predicate of
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  • ...hich must be [[A-bar bound]] by an [[operator]]. A variable counts as an R-expression with respect to principle C of the [[Binding Theory]].
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  • ...s an [[abbreviation]] that takes the first letter of each word of the base expression (like an [[acronym]]), and is pronounced by spelling out each letter.
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  • ...distinction can be made between the [[extension]] and [[intension]] of an expression.
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  • ...onstruction''' is a [[comparative construction]] in which the [[standard]] expression is a complete non-elliptical clause.
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  • The '''descriptive meaning''' of an expression is that aspect of meaning which only concerns the relationship between a gi
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  • ...different syntactic structures can be assigned to one string of words. The expression ''old men and women'' is structurally ambiguous because it has the followin
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  • ...t has to be true. The liar's paradox can be avoided by prohibiting that an expression refers to itself, i.e. by making a strict separation between [[object langu
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  • ...nt sources (numerals and demonstratives) and need not be similar in formal expression or position. Formal expression is irrelevant, articles can be free, bound, or marked by suprasegmental mar
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  • '''Predicate constant''' is a basic expression in [[predicate logic]] denoting properties of or relations between individu
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  • ...ion, entered English and immediately became mutable, as exemplified by the expression "the mother of all meteors", which was used by the ''New York Times'' when
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  • In formal logic, the term '''term''' is used as a cover term for [[individual expression]]s and [[predicate (in logic)|predicate]]s.
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  • A '''reflexive''' is an expression such as ''himself'' in English, which must be anaphorically related to an [
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  • Examples of formulaic language include [[idiom]]s, [[set expression]]s, [[rhyme]]s, songs, prayers, and [[proverb]]s; they may also be taken to
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  • ...[[speaker]] of a language concerning the [[acceptability]] of a linguistic expression (sentence, form, etc.).
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  • ...l form''' is a representation of all and only the logical properties of an expression, usually in a non-ambiguous, precise logical language. The term was origina ...r semantic interpretation. LF is thus taken to be the interface between an expression (language) and its logical form (in the semantic sense). LF is derived from
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  • ...he intersection of the denotations of the adjective and the noun. Thus the expression ''red rose'' is interpreted as the intersection of the set of red things an
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  • A basic expression of a [[logical language]] which is used as a place-holder in a formula. It
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  • ...ween [[form]] and [[meaning]] by requiring that the meaning of a composite expression is built up from the meanings of its basic expressions.
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  • *[[Referential expression]]
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  • '''Vagueness''' is the phenomenon that the meaning of an expression is not exactly determined, due to the impreciseness of natural language. In
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  • ..., '''context dependence''' is the phenomenon that the interpretation of an expression depends on the [[context]] in which it is used.
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  • '''Diacritic feature''' is a formal expression of unpredictable information about words in their lexical entry.
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  • ...lexeme''' is sometimes used in the same sense as [[lexical item]], i.e. an expression that is not transparently derivable from more elementary expressions.
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  • ...mpositional) [[semantic structure]]s of [[predicate]]s and the [[syntactic expression]] of the [[argument]]s.
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  • ...rms of their [[binding]] properties, as distinct from [[anaphor]]s and [[R-expression]]s. In the [[Binding theory]] of Chomsky (1981), pronominals are marked as ...in (i) and (ii)b), they may be [[coreferential]] with another referential expression in the utterance, or they may function as [[bound variable]]s. Coreference
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  • A noun or pronoun expression is assigned case by the closest case-assigner which c-commands it (in conse
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  • ...Dan]]. 2004. The many ways to search for a frog: linguistic typology & the expression of motion events. In S. Strömqvist & L. Verhoeven eds. Relating Events in
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  • ...ND'' represents portmanteau realization, the situation in which an item of expression represents a combination of higher-level units, as "went" realizes "go" and
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  • ...alization''' is a [[noun|nominal]] form (ii) corresponding to a [[verb]]al expression
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  • ...of [[concept (in neurocognitive linguistics)|concepts]]; at the low end is expression, the phonetic forms. As you go higher in the system, you find larger and l ...or what happens when one understands, and that of encoding from content to expression, or what happenes when one speaks.
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  • .... This does not exclude that the language can express novel ideas, but the expression of predictable thoughts is normal. Exoteric communication, on the other han
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  • The expression of a '''dissociative attitude''' has been claimed to be a key ingredient of
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  • ...e context. This can be seen by replacing ''the murderer of Smith'' with an expression which is assumed to have the same reference (in this case ''John's brother'
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  • ...in height. Higher levels are closer to meaning, lower levels are closer to expression.
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  • ...ical Chomskyan abbreviated term (cf. terms like ''[[D-structure]]'', ''[[R-expression]]'', ''[[m-command]]''), used by many syntacticians working in a Chomskyan
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  • ...“Mary could be at school by now” (Palmer 2001:26, 32) are examples of the expression of epistemic modality.
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  • The term can refer both to the modifier itself (“in the expression ''queen Tamara'', ''queen'' is an apposition”) and to the relation betwee
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  • ...ing lines from the tactics that determine which sense gets realized as the expression "well".
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  • :''Jean est diverti,'' et ''Ça divertit Jean.'' (Les deux, l'expression ''Jean'' est associé au rôle d'Expérient.)
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  • *J. Searle, A Taxonomy of Illocutionary Acts. In: ders., Expression and Meaning. Cambridge 1979, 1–29.
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  • '''Propositional formula''' is a [[well-formed]] expression of [[propositional logic]]. What counts as a propositional formula is defin
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  • '''Rigid designator''' is an expression that refers to the same entity in every [[possible world]]. According to Kr
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  • ...mber''' is an inflectional [[dimension]] used on [[countable]] [[referring expression|referring expressions]] to designate the number of referents concerned. Lan
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  • The '''sense''' (German: ''[[Sinn]]'') of an expression is, according to Frege (1892), the way in which its [[reference]] (German:
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  • ...nguists have often attempted to distinguish various different types of non-expression of otherwise syntactically required constituents, using notions such as [[d
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  • ...nguists have often attempted to distinguish various different types of non-expression of otherwise syntactically required constituents, using notions such as [[d
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  • *Searle, J. 1979. A Taxonomy of Illocutionary Acts. In: ders., ''Expression and Meaning.'' Cambridge, 1–29.
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  • ...r cases where [[negative]] [[indefinite pronoun]]s cooccur with a separate expression of [[sentential negation]].
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  • ** Avoid obscurity of expression. ...arked way picks up a stereotypical interpretation; if in contrast a marked expression is used, it is suggested that the stereotypical interpretation should be av
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  • ::*''“Reciprocal constructions are grammatical means for the expression of symmetrical relations for any n-ary predicate and for at least one set o
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  • ...ed. For example, morphemes are somehow related to elements of phonological expression on the one hand and to elements of conceptual information on the other. The ...oken or written) expressions. But in the network representation the actual expression is already provided by the downward connections to elements of the phonolog
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  • * Expression of emotions: "You’re feeling sad because of your ex-boyfriend, aren’t y * Expression of thanks: “Thank you so much for your help.” -> The speaker expresses
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  • *Searle, J. 1979. A Taxonomy of Illocutionary Acts. In: ders., ''Expression and Meaning.'' Cambridge, 1–29.
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  • ...of a semantico-pragmatic [[underlying representation]] (UR) by means of [[expression rule]]s.
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  • ...cept of [[reanalysis]], which is defined "as change in the structure of an expression or class of expressions that does not involve any immediate or intrinsic mo
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  • ...ound variable]]) by ''a donkey'', since it is not in the [[scope]] of that expression. Two types of analyses have been proposed, both of which face various probl
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  • ...to an event. The expression used for manner predication is called [[Manner expression]].
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  • * ''Upward'' vs. ''downward'' orientation. Downward is toward expression. Upward is toward meaning or function. For example, a lexicogrammatical n
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  • ...a relation between S and E. The reference point R only plays a role in the expression of absolute-relative tenses.
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  • '''Gender''' is an inflectional [[dimension]] used on [[referring expression|referring expressions]] to designate semantic class membership of their den
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  • ...out of prison" and "she fought her way into the room". Consider also the expression "whether Californians can conserve their way out of the [energy] crisis", i
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  • ...d OR'' represents ambiguity--that is, multiple functions for an element of expression.
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  • ...ossover also occurs at LF, in cases such as (ii) containing the quantified expression ''everyone''.
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  • 1 Avoid obscurity of expression.
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  • ...Generative syntax]], ''Argument'' is a [[phrase]] which is a [[referential expression]] and which is associated with a [[theta-role]] assigned by a lexical [[hea
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  • A '''negative polarity item''' is an expression that is restricted to negative contexts and some other semantically related
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  • ...(see 1.5), in every linguistic situation only one meaning of an ambiguous expression can be used. There are several forms of ambiguity to be distinguished – a
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  • ...ly be created: It may be defined as the number of meanings of a linguistic expression; the values admitted are cardinal numbers in the interval [1,∞), i.e. the
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  • ...s its connection to the grammatical tactics. And it connects downwards to expression in some cases as a simple connection; for example, the lexeme "dog" coincid
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  • ...re weak or lacking. So the lexeme ''pursuant'' and the possibly unfamiliar expression ''pursuant to a deposition notice'', although they were surely received by *Meyer, Cynthia Ford. 1992. Twice-told tales: Aspects of the storage and expression of personal experience. ''LACUS Forum XVIII:63-74''.
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  • ...h” (Dahl 1985: 97). Some languages have tenses that are specialized to the expression of habitual aspect.
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  • Tense refers to the grammatical expression of the time of the situation described in the proposition, relative to some ...port to the view that the grammaticalization in this area is advanced. The expression that has advanced furthest as a future tense marker in English is ''will'',
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  • *1932 ‘The expression of the ending-point relation in English, French and German’ (con M. Swade
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  • *Frawley, W. (Hg.). 2005. ''The Expression of Modality''. Berlin: de Gruyter.
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  • ...ific forms of non-verbal behaviour. In spoken language, intonation, facial expression and accompanying gestures function as ironical signals that the speaker can
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  • ...sh Dictionary (OED)] the entries are classified according to the use of an expression in different language situations. Generally, all entries are classified as
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  • *Herdan, Gustav (1957). The Numerical Expression of Selective Variation in the Vowel-Consonant Sequence in English and Russi
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  • ...le.”<sup>2</sup> Despite all the reservations concerning Lutosławski, the expression “gap of some 30 years” stands in sharp contrast to that portion of his
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  • *Herdan, Gustav (1957). The Numerical Expression of Selective Variation in the Vowel-Consonant Sequence in English and Russi
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  • ...al head, which can be a noun with modifiers, a pronoun or a substantivized expression such as a participle with the nominalizer ''-łi'', [[verbal noun]]s or sub
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