double-oblique

Definitions

1. 1

   Combining or including two oblique angles.

   • In certain other molluscan muscles, however, Marceau (1908) observed double-oblique striations which could not be ascribed to the presence of spirally wound, homogeneous fibrils.
   • In double oblique angulations, the first rotation is chosen about the vertical image axis and the second about the (new) horizontal axis.
   • Figure 1(a) shows a novel translating follower having double oblique flat-faced configuration.
2. 2

   Aligning the agent and object in nonergative tenses but aligning the subject and object…

   Aligning the agent and object in nonergative tenses but aligning the subject and object in ergative tenses.

   • Even less common is the double-oblique type, found in certain Pamir languages (Payne 1980), Kashmiri and Pashto (Bubenik 1989b).
   • The historical origin of the double-oblique system can be easily reconstructed: the transitive past with its characteristic double-oblique form as shown in (53) was originally ergative, with an oblique A and an absolutive O.

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