LE TERTIUM COMPARATIONIS EN LINGUISTIQUE CONTRASTIVE: PROBLÈMES ET MÉTHODES
LE TERTIUM COMPARATIONIS EN LINGUISTIQUE CONTRASTIVE: PROBLÈMES ET MÉTHODES
Author(s): Jan PekelderSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: AV ČR - Akademie věd České republiky - Ústav pro jazyk český
Keywords: contrastive methodology; tertium comparationis; universalistic approach; relativistic approach; conceptualisation; grammaticalisation; linearisation
Summary/Abstract: One of the central methodological problems within contrastive linguistics concerns the nature of the tertium comparationis (TC). On the whole, we can distinguish two approaches. The first one induces the TC directly from the language data and is universalistic. The second deduces the TC from a metatheory about the intrinsic characteristics of natural language and is relativistic. The present contribution serves a strictly methodological purpose, namely to present some new arguments in favour of the latter approach.
Journal: Linguistica Pragensia
- Issue Year: 2010
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 22-36
- Page Count: 15
- Language: English
