Definiteness across Languages: from German to Mandarin
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2019-12
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Bremmers, David
Liu, Jianan
van der Klis, Martijn
Le Bruyn, B.S.W.
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We showcase the potential of a data-driven methodology for cross-linguistic research: Translation Mining. We introduce the technique and put it to use in the domain of definiteness. We show how Translation Mining confirms existing insights about definiteness in English, German (Schwarz 2009) and Mandarin (Jenks 2018) while at the same time leading to novel insights for Mandarin.
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Bremmers, D, Liu, J, van der Klis, M H & Le Bruyn, B S W 2019, Definiteness across Languages : from German to Mandarin. in Proceedings of the 22nd Amsterdam Colloquium. ILLC, University of Amsterdam, pp. 60-70.