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Title Details:
Contrastive linguistics
Other Titles: Theoretical issues and applications to language comparison
Authors: Giannoulopoulou, Giannoula
Subject: HUMANITIES AND ARTS > LINGUISTICS
HUMANITIES AND ARTS > LINGUISTICS > FIELDS OF LINGUISTICS > FIELDS RELATED TO THE STRUCTURE OF LANGUAGE > MORPHOLOGY
HUMANITIES AND ARTS > LINGUISTICS > FIELDS OF LINGUISTICS > FIELDS RELATED TO THE MEANING OF LANGUAGE > SEMANTICS
HUMANITIES AND ARTS > LINGUISTICS > FIELDS OF LINGUISTICS > DESCRIPTIVE LINGUISTICS > CONTRASTIVE LINGUISTICS
Keywords:
Greek
Italian
French
German
Contrastive linguistics
Tertium comparationis
Phonetics/Phonology
Morphology
Compounding
Semantics
Language Teaching
Historical-comparative linguistics
Language typology
Generativist approaches
Functionalist approaches
Synchronic distribution
Diachronic evolution
Definite article
Description:
Abstract:
The book offers an introduction to the basic concepts and methods of Contrastive Linguistics (CL), a rapidly developing branch of theoretical and applied Linguistics. CL is one of the fields that deal with the comparison between languages. CL compares a small number of languages (usually two to four) from a synchronic point of view and independently of their genetic relationship. The first part of the book introduces the basic concepts and the methodology of CL and presents the relationship between CL and both Historical – Comparative Linguistics and Language Typology. It also examines the differences between linguistic theories (generative and functionalist ones) about contrastive analysis and analyzes inter-linguistic comparison at every level of the language system (phonetics/phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics), as well as pragmatics. The second part of the book focuses on a specific contrastive analysis of linguistic data in four languages (Greek, Italian, French, German). In particular, the phenomena discussed are a) the definite article, in which syntax, semantics, and morphology are involved, and b) compounding, a morphological process with semantic dimensions. Although the point of view of contrastive analysis is mainly synchronic, it also includes the diachronic dimension to give a full interpretation. Each chapter includes exercises on both the theory and its applications.
Linguistic Editors: Galanopoulos, Giannis
Graphic Editors: Papadatou, Chara
Type: Undergraduate textbook
Creation Date: 02-05-2023
Item Details:
ISBN 978-618-5726-93-5
License: Attribution - NonCommercial - ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.57713/kallipos-222
Handle http://hdl.handle.net/11419/9378
Bibliographic Reference: Giannoulopoulou, G. (2023). Contrastive linguistics [Undergraduate textbook]. Kallipos, Open Academic Editions. https://dx.doi.org/10.57713/kallipos-222
Language: Greek
Consists of:
1. Introduction Basic concepts
2. Methodology and aims of contrastive linguistics
3. Historical issues on the development of contrastive linguistics
4. Relations between contrastive linguistics and historical-comparative linguistics
5. Relations between contrastive linguistics and language typology
6. Linguistic theories and contrastive linguistics
7. Summing up of the first part (chapters 1- 6)
8. The definite article in Greek, Italian, French, and German: synchronic distribution
9. The definite article in Greek, Italian, French, and German: diachronic development
10. Compounding in Greek, Italian, French, and German: morphological and semantic features
11. Compounding in Greek, Italian, French, and German: diachronic development
12. Summing up of the second part (chapters 8 - 11)
Number of pages 326
Publication Origin: Kallipos, Open Academic Editions
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