Quantitative Comparative Syntax on the Cantonese-Mandarin Parallel Dependency Treebank

Tak-sum Wong; Kim Gerdes; Herman Leung; John  Lee

Quantitative Comparative Syntax on the Cantonese-Mandarin Parallel Dependency Treebank

Tak-sum Wong
, Kim Gerdes
, Herman Leung
, John Lee

Department of Linguistics and Translation

Research output: Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary Works › RGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (with host publication) › peer-review

Abstract

This paper describes a new Cantonese-Mandarin parallel dependency treebank. We discuss the extent to which the treebank allows for comparative measures with the goal of quantifying structural differences between the two languages. After presenting syntactic differences between the two languages, we computed
various frequency measures on the treebank. We present the results and discuss whether they reflect differences in text genre, differences in annotation scheme design, or actual structural differences. Finally, we compare the structural differences to previous accounts of the observed construction.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Dependency Linguistics (Depling 2017)
Editors	Simonetta Montemagni, Joakim Nivre
Place of Publication	Linköpings
Publisher	Linköping University Electronic Press
Pages	266-275
ISBN (Print)	978-91-7685-467-9
Publication status	Published - Sept 2017
Event	4th International Conference on Dependency Linguistics (Depling 2017) - University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy Duration: 18 Sept 2017 → 20 Sept 2017 http://depling.org/depling2017/index.html https://aclanthology.coli.uni-saarland.de/volumes/proceedings-of-the-fourth-international-conference-on-dependency-linguistics-depling-2017

Publication series

Name	Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings
Publisher	Linköping University Electronic Press
Number	139
ISSN (Print)	1650-3686
ISSN (Electronic)	1650-3740

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Conference	4th International Conference on Dependency Linguistics (Depling 2017)
Place	Italy
City	Pisa
Period	18/09/17 → 20/09/17
Internet address	http://depling.org/depling2017/index.html https://aclanthology.coli.uni-saarland.de/volumes/proceedings-of-the-fourth-international-conference-on-dependency-linguistics-depling-2017

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Wong, T., Gerdes, K., Leung, H., & Lee, J. (2017). Quantitative Comparative Syntax on the Cantonese-Mandarin Parallel Dependency Treebank. In S. Montemagni, & J. Nivre (Eds.), Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Dependency Linguistics (Depling 2017) (pp. 266-275). (Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings; No. 139). Linköping University Electronic Press.

Wong, Tak-sum ; Gerdes, Kim ; Leung, Herman et al. / Quantitative Comparative Syntax on the Cantonese-Mandarin Parallel Dependency Treebank. Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Dependency Linguistics (Depling 2017). editor / Simonetta Montemagni ; Joakim Nivre. Linköpings : Linköping University Electronic Press, 2017. pp. 266-275 (Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings; 139).

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Wong, T, Gerdes, K, Leung, H & Lee, J 2017, Quantitative Comparative Syntax on the Cantonese-Mandarin Parallel Dependency Treebank. in S Montemagni & J Nivre (eds), Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Dependency Linguistics (Depling 2017). Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings, no. 139, Linköping University Electronic Press, Linköpings, pp. 266-275, 4th International Conference on Dependency Linguistics (Depling 2017), Pisa, Italy, 18/09/17.

Quantitative Comparative Syntax on the Cantonese-Mandarin Parallel Dependency Treebank. / Wong, Tak-sum; Gerdes, Kim; Leung, Herman et al.
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Research output: Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary Works › RGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (with host publication) › peer-review

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