“The Scottish novelist William Black”: Close Appositions and the Modification of Proper Names by Manon Philippe

“…This paper presents three main CA types – namely titles, pseudo-titles and prototypical appositions – and then questions this classification as well as the relevance of ordering these forms along a gradient from modification to “pure” apposition (as presented by Meyer (1992)). Studying the pragmatic values of these CA types – old vs. new information, thematic vs. rhematic elements, contrastive and metalinguistic uses, descriptive identification – then paves the way for a comparison between these forms and their analysis as a single modified NP.…”
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Contributos (antropo)metodológicos para um projecto social de cidade by Marluci Menezes

“…As an attempt to contribute to the overcoming of such difficulties, two notions are emphasized: project, understood as a strategy of invention or creation of a new sociospatial order as a cultural, phenomenological and pragmatic expression; diagnosis, conceived in an interactive, dynamic and flexible way. …”
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Eliot’s Modernist Manifesto by Viorica Patea

“…It also analyzes the way in which his theories present affinities with modern trends of philosophical thinking, such as historicist hermeneutics, relativism and pragmatism.…”
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Connective-Lex: A Web-Based Multilingual Lexical Resource for Connectives by Manfred Stede, Tatjana Scheffler, Amália Mendes

“…We discuss the definition and demarcation of the class of connectives that should be included in such a resource, and present the syntactic, semantic/pragmatic, and lexicographic information we collected. …”
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Procédures référentielles indexicales, relations rhétoriques et structuration du discours by Francis Cornish

“…It even serves to implement the rhetorical relation connecting two units satisfying the semantic and pragmatic conditions which justify the application to them of the relation at issue.…”
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Les salafistes marocains et la reconfiguration politico-religieuse post-2011 : fluctuation entre (dé)politisation, radicalisation et intégration by Salim Hmimnat

“…In each moment of this evolution, the regime opts for a pragmatic approach which consists in using this religious trend to meet pressing demands and priorities of a political and security nature. …”
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The relationship between the palace commandant V. A. Dedyulin and the rightists: ideological unity or mutually beneficial cooperation? by M. A. Knyazev

“…Dedyulin and the right was built on a pragmatic basis and was more likely to represent cooperation based on mutual benefit rather than ideological unity.…”
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Making a lot with little – Modular architecture, starting with Walter Segal by Niccolò Di Virgilio

“…The paper attempts to follow some of the hidden channels that link Segal’s practice with movements within the complex geography of contemporary architectural design: movements that focus on reclaiming ‘making’, on the sustainability intrinsic in Segal’s principles, and on a pragmatic aesthetic that takes account of events and external circumstances to achieve ‘more’ with ‘less’.   …”
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Le nationalisme galicien, de la transition démocratique à l’autonomie by Xosé M. Núñez Seixas

“…However, it is suggested here that deep changes which have affected Galician society since the 1960s and 1970s, together with the strong mobilisation campaigns promoted by newly-born left-wing nationalist groups during the 1970s and first 1980s, alongside the peculiar mixture of ideological radicalism and ever increasing pragmatism shown by the nationalist leadership, has made it possible for Galician radical left-wing nationalists to settle the basis for their later growth. …”
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Student Engagement Cultures in Russian Student Representation: Party-Goers, Pragmatists and Citizens by Dmitry B. Efimov, Alexey S. Batishchev, Alexander A. Kostyuk, Angelina M. Makhson, Matvey Yu. Svoyski

“…The analysis results allow us to highlight three main student cultures of participation in representation bodies: the basic one is characterized by a predominant focus on personal socialization and individual development, the pragmatic one emphasizes the importance of financial and career incentives, while the civic one includes an orientation towards social recognition, helping others, and addressing public issues. …”
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A Review of Eating Disorders and Suicide Risk in Adolescence by Ida F. Dancyger, Victor M. Fornari

“…Two clinical cases of women with long-standing eating disorders are described to highlight both the pragmatic considerations and the complex clinical challenges of working with patients with eating disorders who become suicidal. …”
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Rights of nature and the indigenous Peoples in Bolivia and Ecuador: a Straitjacket for Progressive development Politics? by Rickard LALANDER

“…The article argues that Sumak Kawsay challenges dominating understandings of the concepts of welfare, common good and development, and likewise that a pragmatic approach is applied by national governments towards the constitutional rights of nature amidst other human values.…”
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Schibboleth, la langue comme arme de détection massive : 1937, le massacre des Haïtiens by Arnaud Richard, Renauld Govain

“…We shall examine the socio-historical contextualization of these events and then put into perspective the phonological and pragmatic dimensions of such a term with deadly ends.…”
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De l'expression du point de vue à l'anticipation textuelle : le rôle de à première vue by Véronique Lenepveu

“…We propose a semantic and pragmatic analysis of the french locution à première vue (lit. …”
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Knowledge in the teaching-learning process – from meeting standards to reflecting on standards by Anne Ryan, Agnieszka Nowak-Łojewska

“…The first part reflects the approach of teachers to knowledge when pragmatic constructivism is the point of reference. …”
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Yorùbá Values and the Environment by John Ayọtunde Iṣọla Bẹwaji

“…It argues that in contrast with the Judeo-Christian tradition of environmental anthropomorphic domination as the destiny of humanity or American pragmatism which encourages no stable traditions of values but what conduces to desired ends, the Yorùbá value system is by far more advanced in being more eco-respecting, eco-friendly and geared toward sustainable human habitation in a world in which he/she constitutes one small fraction of sentience. …”
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Text rhythmic system: Its energetic and subliminal potentials by Alla Kalyta

“…The paper advances the idea that rhythm energetics and its subliminal potential is based on such postulates: (1) rhythm is generated in the speaker’s psyche at the levels of his/her unconscious (or existential being) and subconscious (or mental and transcendental beings) spheres; (2) the text rhythmic system has a definite emotional and pragmatic potentials that realize a latent manipulative and subliminal influence; (3) generation of the spoken text tempo-rhythm is carried out by means of integrating micro-rhythms of all levels of the speaker’s inner speech into the internal macro-rhythm, which is materialized in the form of an outer tempo-rhythm as a complex means of achieving a subliminal effect of speech. …”
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Relations entre prosodie et syntaxe by Sophie Herment

“…It is argued that a non neutral syntax is rather used for the organization of discourse, for thematization or focalisation, while prosody is used to emphasize an element or highlight a contrast when it is non neutral, and plays a role on the pragmatic or semantic level when it is neutral.…”
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Étude comparée de l’usage parenthétique des verbes épistémiques dans trois langues romanes by Gerda Haßler

“…We seek to demonstrate the hypothesis that the frequency of parenthetical usage, long present in the system of the language, has been intensified by favorable pragmatic conditions.…”
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Yorùbá Ethics of Interpersonal Relations in Ọbasá’s Poetry by Ayodele Solomon Oyewale

“…Tis paper affirms the poet’s rational reflection on the Yorùbá cultural ideology and pragmatic approach to ethical issues. As I argue in the essay, the poet’s perspectives affirm the basis of Yorùba ethical concepts on communalism and how it portrays human beings ́ as social “animals.” …”
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