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"This is a study about comparison in linguistics in general, rather than ""contrastive analysis"" as a distinct branch of linguistics. It addresses the question: does the analytical apparatus used by linguists allow comparisons to be made across languages? Four major domains are considered in turn - derivational morphology, syntax, semantics and pragmatics, and discourse - and contributions cover a broad spectrum of linguistic disciplines, ranging from contrastive linguistics and linguistic typology to translation studies and historical linguistics."

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Author:   D. Willems ,  B. Defrancq ,  T. Colleman ,  D. Noël
Publisher:   Palgrave USA
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   2003 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.495kg
ISBN:  

9781403917249

ISBN 10:   1403917248
Pages:   278
Publication Date:   16 December 2003
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction; D.Willems, B.Defrancq, T.Colleman & D.Noël PART 1: SEMANTICS Semantic Primes Within and Across Languages; C.Goddard A Semantic Map for Imperative-Hortatives; J.van der Auwera, N.Dubrushina & V.Goussev PART 2: SYNTAX Basic Word Order in Formal and Functional Linguistics and the Typological Status of 'Canonical' Sentence Types; F.J.Newmeyer Division of Labour: The Role-Semantic Function of Basic Order and Case; B.Primus PART 3: MORPHOLOGY Action and Agent Nouns in French and Polysemy; P.Sleeman & E.Verheugd-Daatzelaar Deverbal Nouns and the Agentive Dimension Across Languages; F.Devos & J.Taeldeman Deverbal Nouns in Russian: In Search of a Dividing Line; K.Paykin PART 4: DISCOURSE Contrastive Analysis Across Time: Issues in Historical Dialogue Analysis; A.H.Jucker Contrastive Textlinguistics and Translation Universals; A.Chesterman Genre and Multimodality: Expanding the Context for Comparison across Languages; J.Bateman & J.Delin Language Index Index

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DOMINIQUE WILLEMS is Professor of French Linguistics at the University of Ghent, Belgium. She is a member of the contrastive grammar research group (Contragram), and her main research interests lie in the intersection of syntax, lexicon and semantics. Her main publications are in the area of the French verb. - BART DEFRANCQ is a Senior Researcher attached to the University of Ghent's contrastive grammar research group (Contragram) where he is involved in the design and compilation of a Dutch-French-English verb valency dictionary. His major publications are in the area of French interrogative structures and subordination. - TIMOTHY COLLEMAN is a researcher attached to the University of Ghent's contrastive grammar research group (Contragram) where he is involved in the design and compilation of a Dutch-French-English verb valency dictionary. His main interest lies in (Dutch) syntax and lexicogrammar, especially valency-alternating phenomena. - DIRK NOEL is a Senior Researcher attached to the University of Ghent's contrastive grammar research group (Contragram) where he is involved in the design and compilation of a Dutch-French-English verb valency dictionary. His major publications are in the area of English clausal complementation.

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