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Contrastive Linguistics Lesson 2

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What is the typical nature of the mapping between ontological and linguistic categories?

One-to-one
One-to-many
Many-to-one
Many-to-many (correct)

What is the requirement for the domains of meaning covered by a given linguistic category?

They must be syntactically similar
They must be pragmatically similar
They must be semantically similar (correct)
They must be phonologically similar

What is the purpose of comparative concepts in linguistics?

To identify differences between languages
To make generalizations across functional domains (correct)
To analyze the syntax of a single language
To identify similarities between languages

Who authored the book 'Teaching and learning English as a foreign language'?

Charles Carpenter Fries (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is the title of the 2012 publication by Volker Gast?

Contrastive Linguistics: Theories and Methods (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is the name of the journal where Michel Doherty's 2001 article was published?

Languages in Contrast (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is the name of the revised edition of the book by Ekkehard König and Volker Gast?

Understanding English-German Contrasts (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is the title of the 2009 publication by Ekkehard König and Volker Gast?

Understanding English-German Contrasts (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is the main focus of contrastive linguistics?

Comparing linguistic structures across languages (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is the name of the author who wrote 'Discourse Relators and the Beginnings of Sentences in English and German'?

Michel Doherty (A) Signup and view all the answers

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