Current trends in contrastive linguistics
Subtitle: functional and cognitive perspectives
By: edited by María De Los Ángeles Gómez González, J. Lachlan Mackenzie, and Elsa M. González Álvarez.
Contributors: Gonzalez, Maria de los Angeles, 1971-; Mackenzie, J. Lachlan.; González Alvarez, Elsa.
Series: Studies in functional and structural linguistics -- 60
Publisher: John Benjamins
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 333
ISBN-13: 9789027215710
Subjects: Contrastive linguistics
Description: "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."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.