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Author : Tomasz P. Krzeszowski
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Contrastive linguistics
ISBN : LCCN:79315259
Author : Tomasz P. Krzeszowski
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2011-06-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110860146
TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS is a series of books that open new perspectives in our understanding of language. The series publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas of linguistics across theoretical frameworks as well as studies that provide new insights by building bridges to neighbouring fields such as neuroscience and cognitive science. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS considers itself a forum for cutting-edge research based on solid empirical data on language in its various manifestations, including sign languages. It regards linguistic variation in its synchronic and diachronic dimensions as well as in its social contexts as important sources of insight for a better understanding of the design of linguistic systems and the ecology and evolution of language. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS publishes monographs and outstanding dissertations as well as edited volumes, which provide the opportunity to address controversial topics from different empirical and theoretical viewpoints. High quality standards are ensured through anonymous reviewing.
Author : Muhammad Ali Al-Khuli
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-17
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789004348226
Author : Muhammad Ali Alkhuli
Publisher : Al Manhal
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9796500031101
It is a book that compares English grammar to Arabic grammar using the transformational theoary. It can be used as a textbook for university students (the English Department).
Author : Hans Christian Boas
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027204325
The papers in this volume provide a contrastive application of Construction Grammar. By referencing a well-described constructional phenomenon in English, each paper provides a solid foundation for describing and analyzing its constructional counterpart in another language. This approach shows that the semantic description (including discourse-pragmatic and functioanl factors) of an English construction can be regarded as a first step towards a "tertium comparationis" that can be employed for comparing and contrasting the formal properties of constructional counterparts in other languages. Thus, the meaning pole of constructions should be regarded as the primary basis for comparisons of constructions across languages - the form pole is only secondary. This volume shows that constructions are viable descriptive and analytical tools for cross-linguistic comparisons that make it possible to capture both language-specific (idiosyncratic) properties as well as cross-linguistic generalizations.
Author : Ad Neeleman,Reiko Vermeulen
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781614511458
This book addresses how core notions of information structure (topic, focus and contrast) are expressed in syntax. The authors propose that the syntactic effects of information structure come about as a result of mapping rules that are flexible enough to allow topics and foci to be expressed in a variety of positions, but strict enough to capture certain cross-linguistic generalisations about their distribution. In particular, the papers argue that only contrastive topics and contrastive foci undergo movement and that this is because such movement has the function of marking the scope of contrast. Several predications are derived from this proposal: such as that a focus cannot move across a topic – whether the latter is in situ or not. Syntactic and semantic evidence in support of this proposal is presented from a wide range of languages (including Dutch, English, Japanese, Korean and Russian) and theoretical consequences explored. The first chapter not only outlines its theoretical aims, but also provides an introduction to information structure. As a consequence, the book is accessible to advanced students as well as professional linguists.
Author : Gertjan Postma
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2019-03-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027263537
Pomeranian is the West Germanic language spoken by European emigrants who went from Farther Pomerania (present-day Poland) to Brazil in the period 1857–1887. This language is no longer spoken in cohesive societies in Europe, but the language has survived and is in remarkably good shape on this language island in the tropical state of Espirito Santo. This monograph offers the first synchronic grammar of this language. After a historical introduction, the book offers a systematic description of its phonology, morphology and syntax. The language is contrasted with its European sisters, more particularly High German, Dutch, and Frisian. It highlights various phenomena that will presumably contribute to the ongoing theoretical debate on the Germanic verbal system. It provides new data on cluster V2, do-support, and the two infinitives. As to the infinitival syntax, the language shows remarkable parallels to the system of Frisian. As to the rich Pomeranian system of subtractive morphology, the phonological account that is offered, will be important for the ongoing discussion of the abstractness of phonological representations. Finally, Pomeranian is a welcome addition to the set of languages on which our etymological understanding of West Germanic is based.
Author : Robert J. Di Pietro
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Contrastive linguistics
ISBN : UCSC:32106006594094
Author : Susanne Winkler
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2011-12-22
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110890426
Covering linguistic research on empty categories over more than three decades, this monograph presents the result of an in-depth syntactic and focus-theoretical investigation of ellipsis in generative grammar. The phenomenon of ellipsis most generally refers to the omission of linguistic material, structure and sound. The central aim of this book is to explain on the basis of linguistic theorizing of how it is possible that we understand more than we actually hear. The answer developed throughout this book is that ellipsis is an interface phenomenon which can only be explained on the basis of the complex interaction between syntax, semantics and information structure. Scholars of grammar and cognitive scientists will profit from reading this book.
Author : Jacek Fisiak
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1981-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027286505
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.
Author : Susanne Winkler
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 3110186012
The architecture of the human language faculty has been one of the main foci of the linguistic research of the last half century. This branch of linguistics, broadly known as Generative Grammar, is concerned with the formulation of explanatory formal accounts of linguistic phenomena with the ulterior goal of gaining insight into the properties of the 'language organ'. The series comprises high quality monographs and collected volumes that address such issues. The topics in this series range from phonology to semantics, from syntax to information structure, from mathematical linguistics to studies of the lexicon.
Author : Ruixi Ressy Ai
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2024-02-27
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781036400071
This book introduces a contrastive analysis of Chinese and English syntax based on generative grammar. It covers major syntactic domains, including but not limited to noun phrases, verb phrases, the inflectional domain, the discourse-related domain and ellipsis. Based on the empirical data drawn from both Chinese and English, and recast in modern linguistic terminology, the book introduces various rules and theoretical modules from the generative framework to analyze the similarities and differences between Chinese and English syntax. The chapters are arranged such that the book moves from the easiest syntactic topics gradually towards the more complex and advanced ones. Each chapter includes a short summary of major points and references for further reading. Readers are not required to have background knowledge in syntax. The book can serve as a textbook or a reference book for scholars of Chinese studies, Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language (TCFL), Chinese linguistics, comparative linguistics and theoretical linguistics.
Author : Michalis Georgiafentis,Giannoula Giannoulopoulou,Maria Koliopoulou,Angeliki Tsokoglou
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2020-01-23
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781350079205
Using different theoretical approaches and frameworks, this book addresses a broad range of themes in contrastive linguistics, including inflection, derivation and compounding, tense, wh-questions, post-verbal subjects, focus and clitics, among others. Comparing English, German, Greek, Romance, Slavic and South Pacific languages, the book highlights the significance of the contrastive perspective for language-specific description and general interface issues, casting light on contrasts between languages at the levels of morphology and syntax. In this respect, it makes a valuable contribution to our understanding of language typology and language universals.
Author : Maria Lipińska-Grzegorek
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : UOM:39015008551619
Author : María de los Ángeles Gómez González,J. Lachlan Mackenzie,Elsa M. González Álvarez
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2008-12-17
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027289681
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.