Analysing bare nouns in Marathi
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https://doi.org/10.36505/ExLing-2024/15/0025/000650Keywords:
Bare nouns, indefiniteness, pseudo-incorporation, Marathi, HindiAbstract
This study uses translation mining methodology to analyse bare nouns in Marathi. (In)definite expressions from English were compared to their corresponding referential expressions in Marathi to understand the interpretation of bare nouns. We found that the numeral ‘one’ behaved as an indefinite article in Marathi, while bare nouns got a definite reading. Bare nouns, in cases of pseudo-incorporation, got an indefinite reading.
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