- "There isn't
anything wrong with that." The
repeated negation is used
pleonastically for emphasis. However, this is not
always the case. In the sentence...
- (logical
double negation) and
duplex negatio negat (negative
concord and
pleonastic a.k.a. explective, paratactic, sympathetic,
abusive negation) phenomena...
- A
dummy pronoun, also
known as an
expletive pronoun, is a
deictic pronoun that
fulfills a
syntactical requirement without providing a
contextually explicit...
-
equivalent of
ancient skorothalmi. The name, on the
other hand, may be a
pleonastic compound of Gr**** σκόρδο [ˈskorðo] 'garlic' and
Italian agliata [aʎˈʎaːta]...
- was paid
minimum wage, but didn't seem to mind it. Finally, it also has
pleonastic uses,
which do not
refer to
anything specific: It's raining. It's really...
-
syntactical elements of the sentence. In
these texts, þæt
seems to be used
pleonastically (redundantly), and it
began to be used as an
independent adverb. In...
- y'all can also be used for emphasis; the
existence of this
etymologically pleonastic form is
further evidence that
speakers now
perceive y'all as a grammatically...
- Ishmael's
opinion that the
Torah speaks as men do and that
seemingly pleonastic words can
never serve as the
basis for
deducing new laws.
Shimon is very...
- cape',
referring to the
nearby promontory named Cape
Ighir on maps (a
pleonastic name,
literally 'Cape Cape').[citation needed] The
oldest known map that...
-
early NIA is the
extension of Old Indo-Aryan
nominals and
roots with
pleonastic suffixes. The consensus,
implied by the name, is that
these innovative...
