In linguistics and literature, periphrasis (/pəˈrɪfrəsɪs/) is the use of a larger number of words, with an implicit comparison to the possibility of using...

Circumlocution (also called circumduction, circumvolution, periphrasis, kenning,[dubious – discuss] or ambage[citation needed]) is the use of an unnecessarily...

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...

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...

as a euphemism for their problematic words infirmité or invalidité. Periphrasis, or circumlocution, is one of the most common: to "speak around" a given...

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...

(2003), "Constructional idioms and periphrasis: the progressive construction in Dutch." (PDF), Paradigms and Periphrasis, University of Kentucky, archived...

ellipsis Noun phrase Number Object Open class word Part of speech Particle Periphrasis Person Personal pronoun Phrasal verb Phrase Phrase structure grammar...

 227. United Kingdom: House of Commons. ...there would be no clumsy periphrasis of the kind. The Majesty of England requires for its support no such...

Saint Theophan the Recluse"). "Our Lady of Lourdes" is essentially periphrasis, except where some aspect of the Virgin is invoked.[citation needed]...

or change adjectives into verbs of becoming. Other languages employ periphrasis, with control verbs, idiomatic expressions or auxiliary verbs. There...

verb, and so is sometimes not counted as a separate tense. (See also: periphrasis.) "Hungarian Learning Community and Resources: How many people speak...

system present in the older languages. Instead, it relies heavily on periphrasis, a marginal verbal feature of older Indo-Aryan languages. Nepali makes...

(2003), "Constructional idioms and periphrasis: the progressive construction in Dutch." (PDF), Paradigms and Periphrasis, University of Kentucky, archived...

(2003), "Constructional idioms and periphrasis: the progressive construction in Dutch." (PDF), Paradigms and Periphrasis, University of Kentucky, archived...

Clauses in English Conditional sentences Copula Do-support Inversion Periphrasis Zero-marking Orthography Abbreviations Capitalization Comma Hyphen Variance...

partly through genitive forms of nouns or pronouns, and partly through a periphrasis consisting of the preposition σε ([se], 'to') and the accusative. The...

concision, parataxis, sprezzatura and elliptic style. It contrasts with periphrasis, aureation and pleonasm. Blacketer (2006). The School of God: Pedagogy...

Ptolemy does not use the term Perea in his Geography, but rather the periphrasis "across the Jordan". And he enumerates the "Perean" cities; Cosmas, Libias...

Cœle-Syria. Ptolemy does not use the term "Transjordan", but rather the periphrasis "across the Jordan". And he enumerates the cities; Cosmas, Libias, Callirhoe...

and we can only describe our pursuit by cumbrous and often misleading periphrasis. To meet this difficulty I suggest for the consideration of this Congress...

died'). Similarly, the 'present indicative' auxiliary in "habeō" perfect periphrasis as in habeō subōrnātum may represent either a present ownership of placed...

This article contains Persian text. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols. Middle Persian, also known by...

1948, the style Imperial and Royal Majesty was not used, called 'clumsy periphrasis' by Benjamin Disraeli. Although being known as the King-Emperor, Peter...

Clauses in English Conditional sentences Copula Do-support Inversion Periphrasis Zero-marking Orthography Abbreviations Capitalization Comma Hyphen Variance...

Clauses in English Conditional sentences Copula Do-support Inversion Periphrasis Zero-marking Orthography Abbreviations Capitalization Comma Hyphen Variance...

Clauses in English Conditional sentences Copula Do-support Inversion Periphrasis Zero-marking Orthography Abbreviations Capitalization Comma Hyphen Variance...

Clauses in English Conditional sentences Copula Do-support Inversion Periphrasis Zero-marking Orthography Abbreviations Capitalization Comma Hyphen Variance...

Clauses in English Conditional sentences Copula Do-support Inversion Periphrasis Zero-marking Orthography Abbreviations Capitalization Comma Hyphen Variance...

also be expressed with an equivalent periphrasis. The future indicative is usually replaced with a periphrasis or the present indicative in the spoken...