recurrent pattern
collocation in Englishmeaningsofrecurrentandpattern
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recurrent
adjective
uk/rɪˈkʌr.ənt/us/rɪˈkɝː.ənt/
happening again ...
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pattern
noun
uk/ˈpæt.ən/us/ˈpæt̬.ɚn/
a particular way in which something is done, is organized, ...
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Regularity means, in a strict sense, accountability by a symbolic rule or arecurrentpattern.
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And presidential election is like parliamentary election - an established term following arecurrentpattern.
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The functional complementarity implied here between indigenous statelessness and colonial state-formation, however, is part of a widespread andrecurrentpattern.
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We argue that thisrecurrentpatternin discourse propels the zero option through the grammar.
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Therecurrentpatternof presidents appealing to 24.
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The cornerstone of traditional descriptive grammars is the construction : arecurrentpatternof linguistic elements that serves some well-defined communicative function.
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Finally, therecurrentpatternof reconnaissance not gaining recognition commensurate with its importance developed during these years.
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It was during this simultaneous process that recurrent patterns and themes became clearer in the researchers' minds.
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Comparing individual dependency types across languages is very difficult, given the diversity in annotation, but a few recurrent patterns are clearly discernible.
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Yet a deep analysis of several hundred notes shows recurrent patterns which can be described in a grammatical form, allowing the notes to be parsed.
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Over developmental time, attractors represent recurrent patterns that have stabilized and are increasingly predictable.
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As diversifying social forms over-ride the traditional categories of division, the manifestations of these recurrent patterns change.
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Furthermore, some other recurrent patterns can also be found.
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If only a large enough collection of ill-formed utterances could be provided, the system should be able to acquire recurrent patterns of language use from the available data.
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The connections between code-switching and ethnicity can be established only by looking at recurrent patterns, the type of practice in which interactants are engaged, and the sequential development of talk.
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Goodluck (1990) proposed that a semimodular, limited-capacity processor could explain several recurrent patterns in language acquisition.
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It is important to note that filming was viewed as a second step; observation to discover recurrent patterns was the first.
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