Theoretical Issues in Contrastive Linguistics

✍ Scribed by Jacek Fisiak (Ed.)

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Year: 1980
Tongue: English
Leaves: 443
Series: Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 12
Edition: 1st
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Contrastive Linguistics, roughly defined as a subdiscipline of linguistics which is concerned with the comparison of two or more (subsystems of) languages, has long been associated primarily with language teaching. Apart from this applied aspect, however, it also has a strong theoretical purpose, contributing to our understanding of language typology and language universals. Issues in theoretical CL, which also feature in this volume, are the choice of model, the notions of equivalence and contrast, and directionality of descriptions. Languages used for illustration in this volume include English, German, Danish, and Polish.

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