- 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...
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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...
- for
their problematic words infirmité or invalidité.[citation needed]
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...
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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...
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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...
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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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Clauses (in English)
Conditional sentences Co**** Do-support
Inversion Periphrasis Zero-marking
Orthography Abbreviations Capitalization Comma Hyphen Variant...
- Cœle-Syria.
Ptolemy does not use the term "Transjordan", but
rather the
periphrasis "across the Jordan". And he
enumerates the cities; Cosmas, Libias, Callirhoe...
