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Contrastive linguistics is a practice-oriented linguistic approach that seeks to describe the differences and similarities between a pair of languages (hence it is occasionally called "differential linguistics").
History
While traditional linguistic studies had developed comparative methods (
Contrastive linguistics, since its inception by
Contrastive descriptions can occur at every level of linguistic structure: speech sounds (phonology), written symbols (orthography), word-formation (morphology), word meaning (lexicology), collocation (phraseology), sentence structure (syntax) and complete discourse (textology). Various techniques used in corpus linguistics have been shown to be relevant in intralingual and interlingual contrastive studies, e.g. by 'parallel-text' analysis (Hartmann 1997).[6]
Contrastive linguistic studies can also be applied to the differential description of one or more varieties within a language, such as styles (contrastive rhetoric), dialects, registers or terminologies of technical genres.
See also
Notes
- ^ Di Pietro, R.J. (1971) Language Structures in Contrast, Newbury House.
- ^ Vinay, J.P. & Darbelnet, J. (1958) Stylistique Comparée du Français et de l'Anglais, Didier-Harrap.
- ^ Hatim, B. (1997) Communication across Cultures. Translation Theory and Contrastive Text Linguistics, University of Exeter Press.
- ^ Heltai, P. (1988) "Contrastive analysis of terminological systems and bilingual technical dictionaries", International Journal of Lexicography Vol. 1(1) pp. 32-40.
- ^ Hartmann, R.R.K. (1991) "Contrastive linguistics and bilingual lexicography", in Woerterbuecher/Dictionaries/Dictionnaires. International Encyclopedia of Lexicography ed. by F.J. Hausmann et al. (Vol. III, pp. 2854-2859), De Gruyter.
- ^ Hartmann, R.R.K. (1997) "From contrastive textology to parallel text corpora: Theory and applications", in Language History and Linguistic Modelling. A Festschrift for Jacek Fisiak ed. by R. Hickey & S. Puppel. De Gruyter.
References
- Di Pietro, R.J. (1971) Language Structures in Contrast, Newbury House.
- Hartmann, R.R.K. (1991) "Contrastive linguistics and bilingual lexicography", in Woerterbuecher/Dictionaries/Dictionnaires. International Encyclopedia of Lexicography ed. by F.J. Hausmann et al. (Vol. III, pp. 2854–2859), De Gruyter.
- Hartmann, R.R.K. (1997) "From contrastive textology to parallel text corpora: Theory and applications", in Language History and Linguistic Modelling. A Festschrift for Jacek Fisiak ed. by R. Hickey & S. Puppel. De Gruyter.
- Hatim, B. (1997) Communication across Cultures. Translation Theory and Contrastive Text Linguistics, University of Exeter Press.
- Heltai, P. (1988) "Contrastive analysis of terminological systems and bilingual technical dictionaries", International Journal of Lexicography Vol. 1(1) pp. 32–40.
- König, E. & V. Gast (2007). Understanding English-German Contrasts. Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag.
- Lado, R. (1957). Linguistics across cultures: Applied linguistics for language teachers. University of Michigan Press: Ann Arbor,.
- Vinay, J.P. & Darbelnet, J. (1958) Stylistique Comparée du Français et de l'Anglais, Didier-Harrap.
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