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Abstract
The article compares the distributional differences in the use of the partitive object cases in Estonian and
Finnish via multifactorial modeling in contrastive research using the European Parliament parallel text corpus. Based on previous
contrastive research on Finnic, we expected the principles of object case marking to be similar for Estonian and Finnish
(confirmed), and the partitive objects to be more numerous in Estonian than in Finnish (not confirmed, as countable objects with
scalar verbs proved less likely to be partitive in Estonian). We hypothesized that multifactorial modeling in contrastive research
design could help identify the causes for variation and unfold subtle differences between related language systems. Since
preferences related to grammatical voice and constituent order revealed subtle differences between the systems, this hypothesis
was confirmed.
期刊介绍：
Linguistic Variation is an international, peer-reviewed journal that focuses on the study of linguistic variation. It seeks to investigate to what extent the study of linguistic variation can shed light on the broader issue of language-particular versus language-universal properties, on the interaction between what is fixed and necessary on the one hand and what is variable and contingent on the other. This enterprise involves properly defining and delineating the notion of linguistic variation by identifying loci of variation. What are the variable properties of natural language and what is its invariant core?
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