V.Typology of lexical level of English and Native Languages 5.1. Lexical Typology and its branches………………………………..……145
5.2. Comparative analysis of English and Native languages words…….155
5.3. Comparative analysis of English and Native languages word-
formation types ………………………………………………………………166
List of key-words……………………………………………………………..174
Seminar 9………………………………………………………………………176
Seminar 10………………………………………………………………. ……182
Tests on topics of the chapter……………………………………………………… .187
VI. Interrelation of typology with anthropological trends of linguistic. 6.1. Comparative Typology in Modern trends of linguistics…………………… 191
6.2. Typology of cultural concepts of English and Native language……………193
Typology in gender linguistics of English and Native language…………..198
List of key-words……………………………………………………………….203
Seminar 11..…….…………………………………………………………………205
Tests on topics of the chapter……………………………………………………….209
Answer keys ………………..………………………………………………………...213
Bibliography ……………………………………………………………………….. 254
Preface The manual “Comparative Typology of English and Native Languages” is intended for students of Bachelor’s department. The textbook can be used by students, teachers specializing in English at Universities, Pedagogical Institutes, Institutes of foreign languages and specialists engaged in the field of Comparative Linguistics, and those, who are interested in the problems of the contrastive study of language description.
Present-day Comparative Linguistics has been developing in compliance with new modern research paradigms, under the influence of which it has undergone radical changes. The main innovation of the book lies in the anthropocentric approach to linguistic phenomena, their analysis within the framework of Communicative and Pragmatic Linguistics, Cognitive Linguistics, Linguoculturology and Gender Linguistics. Therefore there was the pressing need to reconsider traditional notions and introduce new terms, such as categorization and conceptualization, Interdisciplinary status of Comparative Linguistics.
The book consists of 6 units and every unit contains two parts that is theoretical and practical:
the main notions and trends of Comparative Linguistics, its history evaluation, different approaches and views;
Some fundamental problems of Comparative Linguistics were analyzed in the theoretical part which contains key points for discussion. Practical part includes the following points as questions for self-control; recommended literature; topics for independent work for students; the list of key-words.
Practical part is followed by a set of activities (classroom and for self-improvement) and tasks enabling students to test their knowledge. Besides, there is an extended list of topics for presentations relevant to the subject of the manual. The attached list of bibliographical reference will serve as a guide to those who wish to attain a more complete view of the topics discussed. The list of keys to activities follows the reference.
Appended to the book is a glossary of terms and notions given in a compact and comprehensive form.
We are grateful to professors Siddikova I.A. and Mamatov A.I. who reviewed the manual and made a lot of valuable suggestions.