Its object and tasks. 2. Subdivisions of lexicology. 3. Tasks of contrastive lexicology. Its theoretical and practical value. 4. The IC analysis in lexicological studies. 5. Distributional analysis in lexicological studies. 6. Transformational procedures in lexicological studies. 7. Componental analysis in lexicological studies. 8. Statistical methods of analysis in lexicological studies . 9. Contrastive analysis in lexicological studies. 10. The word as a fundamental unit of the language
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EMPLOYING CONTRASTIVE ANALYSIS HYPOTHESIS IN TEACHING ENGLISH PASSIVE VOICE By: Connie Tanone‚ S.Pd.‚ M.Pd. Widya Mandala Catholic University Surabaya Abstract The passive voice is taught by providing pattern of the sentences. Still students have difficulties to master passive voice. To overcome the problem‚ the writer applies the hypothesis of Contrastive Analysis in teaching passive voice. The writer presented the similarities and the differences between English and Indonesian‚ and treated the
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Chapter 1. The subject-matter of the contrastive lexicology of English and Ukrainian 1. Fundamentals 1.1. Object of lexicology. 1.2. Subdivisions of lexicology. 2. Tasks of contrastive lexicology. Its theoretical and practical value. The gift of language is the single human trait that marks us all genetically from the rest of life . Lewis Thomas. The Lives of a
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Slovenski jezik – Slovene Linguistic Studies 7 (2009): 153–168 Biljana Božinovski Ljubljanska borza‚ d. d.‚ Ljubljana The Language of the Stock Exchange – A Contrastive Analysis of the Lexis V članku je podana analiza jezika borze s stališča slovensko-angleške protistave. Izrazje (samostalniške zveze) obeh jezikov smo protistavili tako v strukturnem kot v semantičnem smislu‚ pri čemer se je razkrilo več protistavnih značilnosti‚ med drugim različni načini ubeseditve istega pojma‚ terminološke
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Cultural Differences between Chinese and English Names The names are common language phenomenon‚ not only because it is a kind of identification code between people to distinguish each other‚ but also because it is a national historical and cultural information carrier.It conveys a language of a nation‚ as well as history‚ geography‚ religion‚ custom‚ social status and other aspects of information. Names have been interpreted in two senses:a broad sense and a narrow sense. The names ‚in its
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1 Introduction Since the 1970s‚ one of the biggest changes in modern English has been the return of euphemism. The English word "euphemism ’ ’ originated from the Greek word "euphemismos"‚ which means "fair or good speech". The prefix "eu" means "good‚ sounds well good" and the root ’ ’pheme ’ ’ means ’ ’saying or speech ’ ’. And thus the literal meaning of ’ ’euphemism ’ ’ is ’ ’good speech ’ ’ or ’ ’saying something that sounds well good” (Liu Chunbao‚ 2001). (This is ungrammatical
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Tetteh Agor Question: Outline the assumptions of Contrastive Analysis and critically examine the procedures associated with this hypothesis. Introduction This paper will try to explain what is meant by Contrastive Analysis and give a brief background of its development. It will then give an outline of the assumptions of Contrastive Analysis‚ present the procedures and assess their strengths and weaknesses. Contrastive analysis has been defined by Gass and Selinker (1994: 59) as “a
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A euphemism is the substitution of an agreeable or less offensive expression in place of one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant to the listener;[1] or in the case of doublespeak‚ to make it less troublesome for the speaker.[citation needed] It also may be a substitution of a description of something or someone rather than the name‚ to avoid revealing secret‚ holy‚ or sacred names to the uninitiated‚ or to obscure the identity of the subject of a conversation from potential eavesdroppers
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Contrastive rhetoric Contrastive rhetoric examines the influence of differences and similarities across cultures on students L2 writing. It is mainly concerned with the influence of the ESL learners’ culture and L1 language on their writing in target language. The concept of contrastive rhetoric was first investigated by Robert Kaplan (1966). In his article entitled “Cultural thought patterns in inter-cultural education”‚ Kaplan argues that the humans are influenced by the diversity of their
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Abstract Political euphemism is a tool for political leaders to control information transmission. Based on some examples‚ this paper begins with a summary of three features which distinguish political euphemism from others. Then‚ it discusses its two social functions based on Austin’s Speech Act Theory: 1. as political leaders’ tool‚ political euphemism plays the role of hiding the truth and legalizing wrong behaviors; 2. it influences people’s sense of right and wrong as well as their understanding
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