Contrastive Analysis in Language Identifying Linguistic Units of Comparison [Hardcover]

This is a book 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 & pragmatics, and discourse. Contributions cover a broad spectrum of linguistic disciplines, ranging from contrastive linguistics and linguistic typology to translation studies and historical linguistics.Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction; D.Willems, B.Defrancq, T.Colleman & D.No?l 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 IndexJOHN BATEMAN Professor of Applied Linguistics, University of Bremen, GermanyANDREW CHESTERMAN Professor of Multilingual Communication, Department of General Linguistics, University of HelsinkiJUDY DELIN Head of Research at Enterprise IDU and Reader at Nottingham Trent University, UKFILIP DEVOS Assistant Lecturer, Department of Dutch Linguistics, Ghent University, BelgiumNINA DUBRUSHINA Obtained her PhD at the UnivlƒG