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periphrastic
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Moreover, some adjectival expressions were included that were used periphrastically, that is, used as trait expression but not directly attributed to persons, for example of a noble site ([TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII]), enduring ([TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII]), and undersized ([TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII]).
Ancient personality: trait attributions to characters in Homer's Iliad by Passakos, Constantinos G.; De Raad, Boele / Ancient Narrative
Nevertheless, the sense of the missing impersonal forms of pidama can be expressed periphrastically, by combining a 3sg form, such as present peab, with the impersonal infinitive, which is formally a supine (ma-infinitive) form based on the impersonal stem.
Voice and modal verbs in Estonian/[TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII] by Torn-Leesik, Reeli / Linguistica Uralica
The comparator is another functional category, this time adjective-related, which may be expressed periphrastically (more beautiful, less beautiful) or morphologically (nicer).
No less than four notes on less by Anderson, John B. / Studia Anglica Posnaniensia: international review of English Studies
 
 
 
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