Norwegian synes and tro and their English translations

Vol.30,No.1(2016)

Bohumila Mia Chocholousova Fagertun

https://doi.org/10.5817/BBGN2016-1-13

Stable URL (handle):
http://hdl.handle.net/11222.digilib/135981

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Abstract
The paper explores the possibility of using translation corpora for disambiguating the semantic content with some basic implications for second language acquisition. Norwegian verbs 'synes' and 'tro' are used as a baseline for the comparison. Their semantic content is systematically explored with help of the translation pairs found in the English-Norwegian Parallel Corpus. This article shows how translation corpora and contrastive analysis help to clarify similarities and differences in meaning and how it can clarify differences between the compared languages.

Keywords:
corpus linguistics; contrastive analysis; comparative study; learner language; Norwegian; English; translation analysis; language acquisition; English-Norwegian Parallel Corpus; semantic analysis; pragmatic disambiguation

Pages:
167–183
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