Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
This volume deals with lexicographical and grammatical issues of Spanish from a (multi)contrastive and didactic perspective. The first part presents discussions of methods and theory relevant to the field, while the second provides studies on grammatical and lexicographical issues comparing Spanish with German, Galician, French and Italian. The book is laid out as a compendium of a number of key issues for future research in the field.
Synopsis
Esta coleccion de contribuciones se ocupa de cuestiones lexicograficas y gramaticales del espanol desde una perspectiva (multi)contrastiva y didactica. El principal objetivo radica en identificar fenomenos clave para la elaboracion de gramaticas y diccionarios contrastivos para el espanol y otras lenguas, atendiendo, a su vez, a los ultimos avances en el campo de la didactica de lenguas.
En la primera parte del volumen se presentan contribuciones sobre el metodo contrastivo en linguistica y ensenanza de lenguas. Asimismo, se aportan reflexiones sobre la comparabilidad de las lenguas y la naturaleza del tertium comparationis junto con su aplicacion en el analisis linguistico comparativo. Breves estudios sobre cuestiones gramaticales, lexicas y lexicograficas sobre el espanol en contraste con el aleman, gallego, frances e italiano conforman el nucleo de la segunda parte de la monografia.
En conjunto, la obra sirve de compendio de cuestiones centrales para investigaciones futuras en los campos y lenguas objeto de estudio.
Synopsis
This collection of texts deals with lexicographical and grammatical issues of Spanish from a contrastive and didactic perspective. It aims at identifying the phenomena which are most interesting for compiling contrastive grammars and dictionaries for the Spanish language by focussing on the latest developments in the field of foreign language teaching.
In its first part, the volume presents discussions of the contrastive method in linguistics as well as in foreign language teaching and of the theoretical issues concerning the nature of the tertium comparationis for comparative linguistic analysis.
In the second part, it provides case studies on grammatical, lexical and lexicographical issues comparing Spanish with German, Galician, French, and Italian.
The volume is laid out as a compendium of a number of key issues for future research in the field.