Meaning of pseudoarticle | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A false or nonexistent article (piece of writing).
2. A joint-like constriction that does not articulate.
3. A morpheme that takes the form of an article despite not being one.

Examples

“Bridge’s article should be prefaced with a warning to readers to let everyone know that data he collects can be estimated, altered, and made up at the author's discretion. What is truly disappointing is that Bridge's pseudoarticle might be interpreted by someone as real news—a real snapshot of the automation industry.”

“Of the 750,000 internauts who have played the game, only 59 percent have succeeded in identifying authentic papers. […] Proof that these pseudoarticles can occasionally fool the most well-informed specialists.”

“Leg I: Tibia with 23 articles and tarsus (basitarsus+distitarsus) with 41 articles. Leg IV (Fig. 13): Basitibia with 4 pseudo[-]articles and 1 medial trichobothrium on the last article. Distitibia with 3 basal and 15 distal trichobothria; frontal and caudal series with 6 trichobothria each.”

“All new species can be differentiated from the other species of the genus by the number of pseudo-articles in basitibia IV, the presence/absence of median eyes, and the shape of the female gonopod.”

“The Hebrew has the vowel indicating the definite article, so it would literally seem to be saying, “at the test.” But Exod. 17:7 tells us clearly that “the place was named Massah.” We do indeed find this pseudoarticle occasionally in place names: “Now Zebah and Zalmunna were at Karkor” (Judg. 8:10); […]”

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