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  2. Coercion (linguistics) - Wikipedia

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    Coercion in the Pustejovsky framework refers to both complement coercion and aspectual coercion. Complement coercion involves a mismatch of semantic meaning between lexical items, while aspectual coercion involves a mismatch of temporality between lexical items. [4] A commonly used example of complement coercion is the sentence "I began the ...

  3. Coercion - Wikipedia

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    Coercion involves compelling a party to act in an involuntary manner through the use of threats, including threats to use force against that party. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It involves a set of forceful actions which violate the free will of an individual in order to induce a desired response.

  4. Coercion (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Coercion (linguistics), reinterpretation of a lexeme; Coercive function, mathematical function that "grows rapidly" at the extremes of the space on which it is defined; Type conversion, in programming, is changing an entity of one data type into another; Coercion Acts, Acts of the British parliament to suppress disorder, often in Ireland

  5. Hindustani grammar - Wikipedia

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    Hindustani, the lingua franca of Northern India and Pakistan, has two standardised registers: Hindi and Urdu.Grammatical differences between the two standards are minor but each uses its own script: Hindi uses Devanagari while Urdu uses an extended form of the Perso-Arabic script, typically in the Nastaʿlīq style.

  6. Extortion - Wikipedia

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    Extortion is the practice of obtaining benefit (e.g., money or goods) through coercion. In most jurisdictions it is likely to constitute a criminal offence; the bulk of this article deals with such cases.

  7. PDF - Wikipedia

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    Linearized PDF files (also called "optimized" or "web optimized" PDF files) are constructed in a manner that enables them to be read in a Web browser plugin without waiting for the entire file to download, since all objects required for the first page to display are optimally organized at the start of the file. [27]

  8. Brahmic scripts - Wikipedia

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    Was used to write the Maldivian language up until the 20th century. [7] Diak U+11900–U+1195F 𑤞𑥂𑤧𑤭𑥂 Dogra: Takri: Was used to write Dogri. Dogra script is closely related to Takri. [8] Dogr U+11800–U+1184F 𑠖𑠵𑠌𑠤𑠬 Grantha: Pallava: 6th century Restricted use in traditional Vedic schools to write Sanskrit.

  9. Category:Coercion - Wikipedia

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    Articles relating to coercion, compelling a party to act in an involuntary manner by the use of threats, including threats to use force against a party.It involves a set of forceful actions which violate the free will of an individual in order to induce a desired response.