- destination"; but such
phrasing is also sometimes—and
sometimes jokingly—used
pleonastically when
simply "south"
would do; it
depends upon the context, the intent...
- (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]...
-
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...
-
sketches and
paintings by the
artist J. M. W. Turner.
Semerwater is a
pleonastic place name. The name,
first recorded in 1153,
derives from the Old English...
- 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...
-
subject position, as in (4), or the
subject position is
filled with a
pleonastic pronoun, as in (5). Igbo
relative clauses are
externally headed and follow...
-
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...
- 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...
