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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 ...
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.
