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Vol. 4:1 (2006) ► pp.221–254

Looking for Lexical Patterns in a Trilingual Corpus of Source and Interpreted Speeches

Extended analysis of EPIC (European Parliament Interpreting Corpus)

| University of Bologna at Forlì |
| University of Bologna at Forlì |
| University of Bologna at Forlì |
Keywords: simultaneous interpreting, language direction, information density, lexical density, lexical variety
Published online: 1 April 2006
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https://doi.org/10.1075/forum.4.1.10rus
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