- In
linguistics and literature,
periphrasis (/pəˈrɪfrəsɪs/) is the use of a
larger number of words, with an
implicit comparison to the
possibility of using...
- Cir****locution (also
called cir****duction, cir****volution,
periphrasis, kenning,[dubious – discuss] or ambage[citation needed]) is the use of an unnecessarily...
- as a
euphemism for
their problematic words infirmité or invalidité.
Periphrasis, or cir****locution, is one of the most common: to "speak around" a given...
- fact that the
remote preterite tense of
verbs is
usually formed with a
periphrasis consisting of the verb "to go" plus infinitive.
Catalan has two types...
-
obligatoriness was not
complete until the nineteenth. The
increasing use of do
periphrasis coincides with the
fixing of SVO word order. Not surprisingly, do is...
- (2003), "Constructional
idioms and
periphrasis: the
progressive construction in Dutch." (PDF),
Paradigms and
Periphrasis,
University of Kentucky, archived...
-
periphrases for
tense and mode. Here we list the most common. The
perfect periphrasis is
composed of the sum
auxiliary and a
perfect participle such as ductus...
-
Saint Theophan the Recluse"). "Our Lady of Lourdes" is
essentially periphrasis,
except where some
aspect of the
Virgin is invoked.[citation needed]...
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ellipsis Noun
phrase Number Object Open
class word Part of
speech Particle Periphrasis Person Personal pronoun Phrasal verb
Phrase Phrase structure grammar...
- verb, and so is
sometimes not
counted as a
separate tense. (See also:
periphrasis.) "Hungarian
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