Corpus-based Contrastive Studies Of English And Chinese (routledge Advances In Corpus Linguistics)
by Tony Mcenery /
2010 / English / PDF
2.4 MB Download
This book is concerned with cross-linguistic contrast of major
grammatical categories in English and Chinese, two most important
yet genetically different world languages. This genetic
difference has resulted in many subsidiary differences that are,
among other things, related to grammar. Compared with
typologically related languages, cross-linguistic contrast of
English and Chinese is more challenging yet promising. The main
theme of this book lies in its focus on cross-linguistic contrast
of aspect-related grammatical categories, or, grammatical
categories that contribute to aspectual meaning – both situation
aspect at the semantic level and viewpoint aspect at the
grammatical level – in English and Chinese.
This book is concerned with cross-linguistic contrast of major
grammatical categories in English and Chinese, two most important
yet genetically different world languages. This genetic
difference has resulted in many subsidiary differences that are,
among other things, related to grammar. Compared with
typologically related languages, cross-linguistic contrast of
English and Chinese is more challenging yet promising. The main
theme of this book lies in its focus on cross-linguistic contrast
of aspect-related grammatical categories, or, grammatical
categories that contribute to aspectual meaning – both situation
aspect at the semantic level and viewpoint aspect at the
grammatical level – in English and Chinese.
The unique strength of this volume lies in that it is first
corpus-based book contrasting English and Chinese. Given that the
state of the art in language studies is to use corpora, the
significance of the marriage between contrastive studies and the
corpus methodology in this book is not to be underestimated.
The unique strength of this volume lies in that it is first
corpus-based book contrasting English and Chinese. Given that the
state of the art in language studies is to use corpora, the
significance of the marriage between contrastive studies and the
corpus methodology in this book is not to be underestimated.
