Shanghainese and Mandarin Chinese/Ambiguity Resolution

Initial Evaluation of Ambiguity

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Identified Ambiguity

Morphological ambiguity

• wuu: 今朝天好。
• analysis: ^今朝/今朝<n>$ ^天/天<n>$ ^好/好<adj>$ ^。/。<sent>$ ^./.<sent>$
• zho: 今天天气好。
• eng: The weather's nice today.

• wuu: 天好蓝。
• analysis: ^天/天<n>$ ^好/好<adv>$ ^蓝/蓝<adj>$ ^。/。<sent>$ ^./.<sent>$
• zho: 天很蓝。
• eng: The sky is very blue.

The adverb 好(good) in Shanghainese is equivalent to the adverb 很(very) in Mandarin Chinese. However, the adjective 好(good) in Shanghainese is equivalent to the adjective 好(good) in Mandarin Chinese

Lexical ambiguity

• wuu: 今朝天好。
• analysis: ^今朝/今朝<n>$ ^天/天<n>$ ^好/好<adj>$ ^。/。<sent>$ ^./.<sent>$
• zho: 今天天气好。
• eng: The weather's nice today.

• wuu: 天好蓝。
• analysis: ^天/天<n>$ ^好/好<adv>$ ^蓝/蓝<adj>$ ^。/。<sent>$ ^./.<sent>$
• zho: 天很蓝。
• eng: The sky is very blue.

Translating from Shanghainese to Mandarin Chinese, 天 → 天气 when there is an adjective that comes after 天. For example, 好(good) or 不好(not good). This helps us decide whether we are talking about weather or the sky since 天 in Shanghainese can either mean sky or weather, but in Mandarin Chinese 天气 is used for weather and 天 stays as sky

Final Evaluation of Ambiguity

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