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Porównawcza lingwistyka dyskursu. Założenia, zasady, problemy
Comparative discourse linguistics. Assumptions, principles, problems

Author(s): Waldemar Czachur, Philipp Dreesen
Subject(s): Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics
Published by: Instytut Germanistyki Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Comparative discourse linguistics; contrastive discourse analysis; comparison; tertrium comparationis

Summary/Abstract: This article outlines theoretical and methodical principles of linguistic comparative discourse analysis from a re ective viewpoint. First, we raise key questions such as ’what are the reasons for comparingf discourses?’ and ‘what exactly comparing means?’ in order to nd the objectives and limits for these kinds of comparative analyses. After that, we discuss existing comparative discourse analysis approaches within linguistics and point out premises and methods as well as knowledge potentials, problems and desiderata.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 11
  • Page Range: 205-226
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Polish