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'?

<p>Charles Carpenter Fries (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>Contrastive Linguistics: Theories and Methods (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>Languages in Contrast (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>Understanding English-German Contrasts (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>Understanding English-German Contrasts (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main focus of contrastive linguistics?

<p>Comparing linguistic structures across languages (B)</p> 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'?

<p>Michel Doherty (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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