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1 I would like to thank the following people for enormously helpful discussion on many aspects of these constructions: In diverse languages considered separately, each for itself and in its own functioning, the analysis of the relative clause shows a formal structure ordered by a certain function that is not always visible. The problem is to uncover that function. This can be arrived at by obse...

There are several reduplicated nouns in Armenian, including both the Classical language and modern dialects, that share a common phonetic shape of mamuR-, where-R-stands for any liquid, and more generally mamuC-, where-C-stands for any consonant; three of these nouns are given in (1): (1) a. mamul 'press; vice' (Classical) b. mamur 'sawdust' (modern dialectal) c. mamur 'moss' (Classical). There...

This research examined the structure and correlates of an Armenian translation of the Humor Styles Questionnaire (HSQ; Martin et al. 2003) among a community sample of ethnic Armenians residing in Lebanon. Four humor factors were found, as in the original Canadian samples: a‰liative, self-enhancing, aggressive, and self-defeating humor. Scale reliabilities were generally acceptable, and inter-co...

The Zung self-depression scale and Beck Anxiety Inventory were used to study the depression and anxiety levels of Armenian Crohn’s disease patients, as well as to reveal the relation between emotional status and placebo effect of these patients. Despite of registered high levels of depression and anxiety, the high placebo rate during investigations was described. The importance of use of psycho...

All languages ​​undergo various changes during their development, both under external and internal influences. Words borrowed from other languages, which enter the language mainly through literary works, translations, etc., are called borrowings, whereas ones earlier periods of same considered borrowings. Grabar has played a big role in term-fromation Contemporary Armenian; many words passed to...

Some legal concepts, as evidenced by the early grabar (ancient Armenian), later appeared with shifts in meaning, narrowing or expanding, often also moving away from original we have case of word "ojit" ("dowry"), which originally meant a gift brought bridegroom to bride, and he became an inheritance his father's house, bride. We fixed author's new use GITHWORN (githwor, Guilty), since Armenian)...

BACKGROUND Multimorbidity, presence of two or more health conditions, is a widespread phenomenon affecting populations' health all over the world. It becomes a serious public health concern due to its negative consequences on quality of life, mortality, and cost of healthcare services utilization. Studies exploring determinants of multimorbidity are limited, particularly those looking at vulner...