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Functional domains and cross-linguistic comparability

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Abstract

This paper investigates a strategy other than the one currently implemented in the CorpAfroAs project, allowing cross-linguistic comparison among multiple-language corpora. It involves comparing a database of functional domains and subdomains across languages. The underlying principle is that cross-linguistic comparison should be conducted on the basis of meanings/functions actually encoded in the grammatical systems of individual languages rather than on the basis of aprioristic categories. Such a study yields reliable information regarding the differences and similarities between grammatical systems.

Abstract

This paper investigates a strategy other than the one currently implemented in the CorpAfroAs project, allowing cross-linguistic comparison among multiple-language corpora. It involves comparing a database of functional domains and subdomains across languages. The underlying principle is that cross-linguistic comparison should be conducted on the basis of meanings/functions actually encoded in the grammatical systems of individual languages rather than on the basis of aprioristic categories. Such a study yields reliable information regarding the differences and similarities between grammatical systems.

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Preface 1
  4. Part 1: Phonetics, phonology and prosody
  5. Representation of speech in CorpAfroAs 13
  6. Tone and intonation 43
  7. Part 2: Interfacing prosody, information structure and syntax
  8. The intonation of topic and focus 63
  9. Quotative constructions and prosody in some Afroasiatic languages 117
  10. Part 3: Cross-linguistic comparability
  11. Glossing in Semitic languages 173
  12. From the Leipzig Glossing Rules to the GE and RX lines 207
  13. Cross-linguistic comparability in CorpAfroAs 221
  14. Functional domains and cross-linguistic comparability 257
  15. Part 4: Language contact
  16. Language contact, borrowing and codeswitching 283
  17. Part 5: Information technology
  18. ELAN-CorpA 311
  19. Language index 333
  20. Subject index 335
Corpus-based Studies of Lesser-described Languages
This chapter is in the book Corpus-based Studies of Lesser-described Languages
https://doi.org/10.1075/scl.68.08fra

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Preface 1
  4. Part 1: Phonetics, phonology and prosody
  5. Representation of speech in CorpAfroAs 13
  6. Tone and intonation 43
  7. Part 2: Interfacing prosody, information structure and syntax
  8. The intonation of topic and focus 63
  9. Quotative constructions and prosody in some Afroasiatic languages 117
  10. Part 3: Cross-linguistic comparability
  11. Glossing in Semitic languages 173
  12. From the Leipzig Glossing Rules to the GE and RX lines 207
  13. Cross-linguistic comparability in CorpAfroAs 221
  14. Functional domains and cross-linguistic comparability 257
  15. Part 4: Language contact
  16. Language contact, borrowing and codeswitching 283
  17. Part 5: Information technology
  18. ELAN-CorpA 311
  19. Language index 333
  20. Subject index 335
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