The closest English equivalent is the nominative absolute.
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:: : : Certainly not by anyone who knows what a nominative absolute is.
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Compare also nominative absolute in English.
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:" Wearing a mask " in " Wearing a mask, the thief stole a diamond tiara " is what some people would call a Nominative absolute . . .-- talk ) 14 : 49, 31 May 2013 ( UTC)
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:: : I'm sure " small clause in apposition to the subject " or whatever would be more descriptive, but " Nominative absolute " has been used as a shorthand term . . . talk ) 01 : 51, 1 June 2013 ( UTC)