Definiteness and Indefiniteness. A Comparative Perspective on Finnish and Italian
The article focuses on one of the crucial aspects that differentiates Italian and Finnish: the way to express definiteness and indefiniteness. Italian is a typical article-language whereas Finnish has no such means to convey definiteness or indefiniteness but other linguistic strategies can be opti...
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Firenze University Press
2022-12-01
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The article focuses on one of the crucial aspects that differentiates Italian and Finnish: the way to express definiteness and indefiniteness. Italian is a typical article-language whereas Finnish has no such means to convey definiteness or indefiniteness but other linguistic strategies can be optionally used. After presenting the main characteristics of Italian and Finnish we will discuss which can be the challenges in translation and for language learners.
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| spelling | doaj.art-e596b42f11a14af2894662b46b5b21d72022-12-25T10:01:26ZengFirenze University PressLea1824-484X2022-12-011110.13128/lea-1824-484x-13662Definiteness and Indefiniteness. A Comparative Perspective on Finnish and ItalianLena Dal Pozzo0Università degli Studi di Firenze The article focuses on one of the crucial aspects that differentiates Italian and Finnish: the way to express definiteness and indefiniteness. Italian is a typical article-language whereas Finnish has no such means to convey definiteness or indefiniteness but other linguistic strategies can be optionally used. After presenting the main characteristics of Italian and Finnish we will discuss which can be the challenges in translation and for language learners. https://oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/bsfm-lea/article/view/13662ArticlesDefinitenessFinnish-ItalianSpecificityTranslation |
| spellingShingle | Lena Dal Pozzo Definiteness and Indefiniteness. A Comparative Perspective on Finnish and Italian Lea Articles Definiteness Finnish-Italian Specificity Translation |
| title | Definiteness and Indefiniteness. A Comparative Perspective on Finnish and Italian |
| title_full | Definiteness and Indefiniteness. A Comparative Perspective on Finnish and Italian |
| title_fullStr | Definiteness and Indefiniteness. A Comparative Perspective on Finnish and Italian |
| title_full_unstemmed | Definiteness and Indefiniteness. A Comparative Perspective on Finnish and Italian |
| title_short | Definiteness and Indefiniteness. A Comparative Perspective on Finnish and Italian |
| title_sort | definiteness and indefiniteness a comparative perspective on finnish and italian |
| topic | Articles Definiteness Finnish-Italian Specificity Translation |
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