ПЕРЕДМОВА 9

PREFACE 11
PART I. METHODS OF COMPARATIVE STUDY OF LANGUAGES

Unit 1. The Comparative Method 13

1.1. The origin of comparative linguistics 13

1.2. Historical comparative method 17

1.3. Areal comparative method 20

1.4. Typological comparative method 21

1.5. Contributions and limitations of the comparative

method 31
Unit 2. Contrastive Analysis 34

2.1. Contrastive analysis and contrastive

linguistics 34

2.2. Applications of contrastive analysis 42

2.3. Strengths and shortcomings of contrastive

analysis 53
PART II. STRUCTURAL METHODS OF ANALYSIS

Unit 3. Oppositional Analysis 55

3.1. The origin of oppositional analysis • 55

3.2. Applications of oppositional analysis 61

3.3. Strengths and shortcomings of oppositional

analysis 64
Unit 4. Distributional Analysis 65

4.1. Defining distribution and distributional analysis .65

4.2. Applications of distributional analysis 69

4.3. Strengths and shortcomings of distributional

analysis 74

4.4. Dis tributional analysis and valency analysis 75
Unit 5. Immediate Constituents (IC) Analysis 80

5.1. The theory of the IC (phrase grammar) and

IC analysis 80

5.2. Applications of IC analysis 85

5.3. Strengths and shortcomings of IC analysis 87
Unit 6. Transformational Analysis 90

6.1. The origin of transformational grammar 90

6.2. What transformational analysis is: rules and

types of transformations 100

6.3. Applications of transformational analysis 102

6.4. Strengths and shortcomings of transformational

grammar 106
PART III. METHODS OF SEMANTIC ANALYSIS

Unit 7. Componential Analysis 109

7.1. Defining the science of meaning: semasiology

or semantics? 109

7.2. What componential analysis is 113

7.3. Applications of componential analysis 119

7.4. Strengths and shortcomings of componential

analysis 124

Unit 8. Semantico-Syntactic Analysis 127

8.1. The origin of case grammar as one of the

approaches in semantic syntax 127

8.2. Case grammar as a method of linguistic

analysis 132

8.3. Syntaxemic analysis 135

8.4. Applications of syntaxemic analysis 141

8.5. Strengths and shortcomings of case grammar 144

Unit 9. Contextual Analysis 149

9.1. The problem of context: context and meaning ... 149

9.2. What contextual analysis is 157

9.3. Applications of contextual analysis 161

9.4. Strengths and shortcomings of contextual

analysis 167
PART IV. METHODS OF COMMUNICATIVE FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS AND TEXTUAL STUDY

Unit 10. Performative Analysis and Pragmatic

Theory of Speech Acts 169

10.1. Defining pragmatics 169

10.2. The origin of performative analysis 175
10.3. Speech act theory 177

10.4. Application of performative analysis in

pragmatic syntax 180

10.5. Strengths and shortcomings of performative

analysis: beyond theories of speech acts 181
Unit 11. Discourse Analysis 186

11.1. Defining discourse and discourse analysis 186

11.2. Central issues and research areas 191

11.3. Discourse analysis vs. text analysis 200

11.4. What discourse analysis can and cannot do 207
Unit 12. Conversation Analysis 210

12.1. Defining conversation analysis 210

12.2. Central concepts and research areas 214

12.3. Contributions and shortcomings of

conversation analysis 225

PART V. METHODS OF COGNITIVE ANALYSIS

Unit 13. Frame Analysis 228

13.1. Defining cognitive linguistics 228

13.2. What frame analysis is 230

13.3. Applications of frame analysis 233

13.4. Strengths and limitations of frame analysis 243
Unit 14. Conceptual Analysis 245

14.1. The notion of concept in cognitive linguistics ... 245

14.2. Metaphorical and metonymic concepts 249

14.3. What conceptual analysis is 253

14.4. Strengths and weaknesses of conceptual

analysis 261

PART VI. QUANTITATIVE METHODS OF ANALYSIS

Unit 15. Statistical Methods 263

15.1. Defining statistical analysis 263

15.2. Applications of statistical analysis 265

15.3. Strengths and limitations of statistical

methods in linguistics 276
Unit 16. Corpus-Based Approaches to Linguistic

Analysis 279

16.1. Text corpora and corpus-based analysis 279

16.2. Applications of corpus-based analysis 283

16.3. Strengths and shortcomings of corpus-based

research 302
Answers to Tasks 306

References 325

Subject Index 341

Author Index 345

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