LINGUIST List 15.467

Wed Feb 4 2004

Books: General Linguistics: Willems et al (Eds.)

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1. palgravemacmillan, Contrastive Analysis in Language: Willems, Defrancq, Colleman, Noel (Eds.)

Title: Contrastive Analysis in Language
Subtitle: Identifying Linguistic Units of Comparison
 
Publication Year: 2004
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan http://www.palgrave.com 
 
Book URL: http://www.palgrave.com/products/Catalogue.aspx?is=1-4039-1724-8 

Editor: Dominique Willems, Professor of French Linguistics at the
	University of Ghent, Belgium
Editor: Bart Defrancq, Senior Researcher attached to the University of
	Ghent's contrastive grammar research group
Editor: Timothy Colleman, Researcher attached to the University of
	Ghent's contrastive grammar research group
Editor: Dirk No�l, Senior Researcher attached to the University of
	Ghent's contrastive grammar research group

Hardback: ISBN: 1403917248, Pages: 288, Price: �55/$69.95

 
Abstract:

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.

Contents
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
Index


Lingfield(s):	Discourse Analysis
		Semantics
		Syntax 
		General Linguistics

Written In:	English (Language Code: ENG)


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