Retrieving Linguistic Information from a Corpus on the Example of Negation in Chinese
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https://doi.org/10.4312/ala.9.2.103-115Keywords:
Chinese language, corpus linguistics, quantitative description, negation, potential complements×Abstract
The paper deals with corpus analysis of negation in Chinese, namely the negatives bù 不 and méi/ méiyǒu没/没有. The adverbs BU and MEI are two of the most frequent negatives in Chinese. The aim of this study is to present statistical data together with linguistics analysis. The results provide empirical evidence of discrepancy between “authentic” language data versus linguistic prescription with practical implications for second-language acquisition. The findings inter alia suggest a new approach to verb categorisation.
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