Current Trends in Contrastive Linguistics

Functional and cognitive perspectives
Erscheinungsjahr 2008
ISBN: 978-90-272-1571-0
Verlag: John Benjamins Publishing Company

Buch, Englisch, Band 60, 333 Seiten, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 245 mm, Gewicht: 795 g

Reihe: Studies in Functional and Structural Linguistics

This book examines the contribution of various recent developments in linguistics to contrastive analysis. The articles range across a broad gamut of languages, with most attention going to the languages of Europe. They show how advances in theory and computer technology are together impacting the field of contrastive linguistics. Part I focuses, from a broadly functional-cognitive viewpoint, on the close link with typology, stressing the importance of embedding the treatment of grammatical categories in their contexts of use. Part II turns to methodological issues, exploring the enormous potential offered by parallel, computer-accessible corpora to contrastive linguistics and to enhancing the testability, authenticity and empirical adequacy of cross-linguistic studies. Part III is concerned with contrastive semantics, ranging from individual items to entire grammatical constructions, and shows how meanings are coupled to language-specific cognitive strategies and even to cultural differences in subjective awareness and the fashioning of personal identity.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gómez González, María de los Ángeles

Mackenzie, J. Lachlan

González Álvarez, Elsa M.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Historische & Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft, Sprachtypologie