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1. 1. "For the fifty-eleventh time" : Examining cross-linguistic properties of hyperbolic numerals and quasi-numeral expressions through parallel text extraction

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik

   Author : Amanda Kann; [2022]
   Keywords : hyperbole; hyperbolic quantification; numeral typology; parallel texts; quasi-numerals; hyperbol; hyperbolisk kvantifiering; kvasinumeriska uttryck; parallelltexter; räkneordstypologi;

   Abstract : In some languages, vague and exaggerated quantities can be represented using certain conventionalised numeral expressions with cross-linguistically varying values, such as Danish hundredesytten "117". Hyperbolic quantities can also be expressed using other quantifier expressions (such as English zillion) which, while they do not denote a specific numerical value, have both structural and functional similarities with exact numerals. READ MORE

3. 2. Erotic Tokens and The Business of Prostitution : A study on the monetary value of tokens in Pompeii

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Antikens kultur och samhällsliv

   Author : Emilia Wall; [2019]
   Keywords : Roman Empire; Pompeii; spintriae; tokens; prostitution; Romerska imperiet; Pompeji; spintriae; polletter; prostitution;

   Abstract : Erotic tokens or the so-called spintriae leave little to the imagination. These coin-like tokens depict acts of love making couples with Roman numerals on the reverse. The tokens are believed to have been in use during the 1st century A.D. READ MORE

4. 3. Lexico-Semantic Areality in the Greater Hindu Kush : An Areal-Typological Study on Numerals and Kinship Terms

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik

   Author : Jacqueline Venetz; [2019]
   Keywords : Greater Hindu Kush; areal typology; lexical areality; numerals; kinship terms; Indo-Aryan; Iranian; Nuristani; Turkic; Tibeto-Burman; Burushaski;

   Abstract : The Greater Hindu Kush designates a mountainous area extending from Afghanistan over Pakistan, Tajikistan and India to the westernmost parts of China. It is home to over 50 lan- guages from six different phyla; Indo-Aryan, Iranian, Nuristani, Turkic, Tibeto-Burman and the language isolate Burushaski. READ MORE

5. 4. Non-traditional trademarks : Registration of aural and olfactory signs as trademarks in accordance with the latest amendments of the European Trademark Regulation 2015/2424 and Trademark Directive 2015/2436

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Olga Morgulova; [2017]
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   Abstract : Trademarks are an essential and usual part of business. Even though the most part of signs registered in the European Union consists of ‘traditional’ marks (such as words, letters, numerals, etc.), with the development of technologies the registration of ‘non-traditional’ marks (such as colours, sounds, holograms, smells, etc. READ MORE

6. 5. Features of Arabic-French code-switching in Morocco : a sociolinguistic case study on intra-sentential code-switching in Morocco

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Arabiska; Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap

   Author : Juhan Luomala; [2016]
   Keywords : French; Arabic; Morocco; code-switching; sociolinguistics; focus group interview; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : This Master’s thesis is a sociolinguistic case study about intra-sentential code-switching, also known as code-mixing, between colloquial Moroccan Arabic and French. The data is collected by arranged interviews with focus groups consisting of university students in Rabat, Morocco, in order to investigate the trends and the extent of the occurrence of French in speech situations where intra- sentential code-switching between colloquial Moroccan Arabic and French is present. READ MORE