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Contrastive Linguistics - Coggle Diagram
Contrastive Linguistics
Definition
Contrastive Linguistics is the systematic comparison of two or more languages with the aim of describing their similarities and differences.
Carl James (1998): a linguistic enterprise aimed at producing inverted, two-valued typologies and founded on the assumption that languages can be compared.
History and development
1000 A.C
Aelfric writes Grammatica, a grammar of Latin and English based on the implicit assumption that the knowledge of one language could facilitate the learning of another language
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19th to 20th century
Important works
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Vinay and Dalbernet's (1977) Stylistique comparée du français et de l'anglais: a contrastive study that served as inspiration for subsequently released translation manuals.
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New approaches
From the 90's onward
Large bilingual corpora such as the English/French Hansard Corpus gave contrastive linguists a solid empirical basis.
Corporas used
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Comparable corpora
Corpora consisting of original texts in two or more languages, matched by criteria such as the time of composition, text category, intended audience