https://languages.codidact.com/categories/36/tags/4349.rssNew Posts Tagged 'semantics' - Languages & LinguisticsLanguages & Linguistics - Codidact2022-06-22T15:01:32Zhttps://languages.codidact.com/posts/281047How can "in terms of" alone encompass — and substitute — multiple prepositions "at, by, as, or for"? PSTHhttps://languages.codidact.com/users/535662021-03-13T06:03:43Z2022-06-22T15:01:32Z<blockquote>
<p><strong>in terms of</strong>. This phrase is commonly used as a <strong>substitute for a precise identification of relationship or as a substitute for such prepositions as <em>at</...https://languages.codidact.com/posts/285282Swedish verbs with the meaning of mixingSupermiledihttps://languages.codidact.com/users/547752021-12-16T21:38:00Z2021-12-17T14:31:10Z<p>I do a research on Swedish verbs with the meaning of mixing something. I struggle with some of words. There are two words 'blanda' and 'röra' which are usually used with prepositions, like 'om',...https://languages.codidact.com/posts/279810How can a problem or puzzle be analogized as a knot? PSTHhttps://languages.codidact.com/users/535662020-12-11T03:53:35Z2020-12-13T12:50:19Z<p>An ESL student was asking about <a href="https://membean.com/wrotds/solv-loosen">the quotation below</a> at my school, but I don't know how to expound or simplify to her that "A problem or ...https://languages.codidact.com/posts/279312Why are kinship terms typical examples of inalienablity but not meronomy?curiousdanniihttps://languages.codidact.com/users/535452020-11-18T06:30:58Z2020-11-18T06:34:04Z<p>According to Chappell & McGregor (1996: 4) there are four typical types of inalienably possessed nouns:</p>
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<li>spatial relationships such as the ’top’ or ’front’ of something</li>
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