1.Brief history of Contrastive Linguistics
2. Terminological issues. Basic principles of theoretical and applied contrastive linguistics.
3. Types of contrastive studies. Methodology of inter-and intra-linguistic comparison.
4. Contrastive Linguistics and corpus Linguistics.
5. Practical applications of contrastive studies: a. Translation studies b. Foreign language acquisition and teaching; c. Lexicography |
Readings and commentaries. Practical applications to translation studies and the teaching of foreign languages. Various themes (press, media, advertising, tourism, literature, children's literature) |
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