Contrastive Analysis in Language

JOHN BATEMAN Professor of Applied Linguistics, University of Bremen, GermanyANDREW CHESTERMAN Professor of Multilingual Communication, Department of General Linguistics, University of HelsinkiJUDY DELIN Head of Research at Enterprise IDU and Reader at Nottingham Trent University, UKFILIP DEVOS Assistant Lecturer, Department of Dutch Linguistics, Ghent University, BelgiumNINA DUBRUSHINA Obtained her PhD at the University of MoscowCLIFF GODDARD Professor in Linguistics, University of New England, Armidale, AustraliaVALENTIN GOUSSEV Researcher, Institute of Linguistics, Russian Academy of Sciences, MoscowANDREAS H. JUCKER Professor of English Linguistics, University of ZurichFREDERICK J. NEWMEYER Formerly President of the Linguistics Society of America, 2002KATIA PAYKIN Currently finishing her PhD thesis at the University of Lille III, FranceBEATRICE PRIMUS Professor of German Linguistics, University of ColognePETRA SLEEMAN Works in the Department of Romance Linguistics, University of AmsterdamJOHAN TAELDEMAN Professor of Dutch Linguistics and Dialectology, Ghent University, BelgiumJOHAN VAN DER AUWERA Teaches English and General Linguistics, University of AntwerpELS VERHEUGD-DAATZELAAR Teaches French Linguistics, Department of Romance Linguistics, University of Amsterdam

• Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction; D.Willems, B.Defrancq, T.Colleman & D.Noël PART 1: SEMANTICS Semantic Primes Within and Across Languages; C.Goddard A Semantic Map for Imperative-Hortatives; J.van der Auwera, N.Dubrushina & V.Goussev PART 2: SYNTAX Basic Word Order in Formal and Functional Linguistics and the Typological Status of 'Canonical' Sentence Types; F.J.Newmeyer Division of Labour: The Role-Semantic Function of Basic Order and Case; B.Primus PART 3: MORPHOLOGY Action and Agent Nouns in French and Polysemy; P.Sleeman & E.Verheugd-Daatzelaar Deverbal Nouns and the Agentive Dimension Across Languages; F.Devos & J.Taeldeman Deverbal Nouns in Russian: In Search of a Dividing Line; K.Paykin PART 4: DISCOURSE Contrastive Analysis Across Time: Issues in Historical Dialogue Analysis; A.H.Jucker Contrastive Textlinguistics and Translation Universals; A.Chesterman Genre and Multimodality: Expanding the Context for Comparison across Languages; J.Bateman & J.Delin Language Index Index