COMPARATIVELINGUISTICS INSTRUCTOR: LE NGUYEN NHU ANH WHAT IS COMPARATIVE LINGUISTICS? . 3 approaches to studying languages • General linguistics • Descriptive linguistics • Comparative linguistics . • 3 branches: • Comparative Historical Linguistics • Typological Linguistics • Contrastive Linguistic .Comparative Linguistics • Languages of diff. speech communities • compared with each other. Contrastive Linguistics • Major concern: compare any two or more languages to identify similarities & differences (Language typology & family not counted) . testing. methodology & applications • Develop sound knowledge of both target and native language systems • Apply CL in different ESL areas: teaching. objectives. translating & course designing .Learning Outcomes • Understand principles of CL: history. Ngôn ngữ học đối chiếu (Bùi Mạnh Hùng) . Contrastive Analysis* (Carl James) 2. Nghiên cứu đối chiếu các ngôn ngữ (Lê Quang Thiêm) 3.Textbooks: 1. YOUR SCORE! • Assessment 1 (40%): Open-book test covering contents from topic 1 to 7. • Test date: Week 13. • Assessment 2 (60%): Contrastive Linguistics Essay . • Length: at least 2500-3000 words .Assessment 2 (Details) • Topic of Essay: Compare and contrast one linguistic aspect between Vietnamese and English • Referencing: APA style. .Late Assessment • Students are expected to submit each assessment on or before the due deadline date. Failure to do so will result in a 10% penalty per calendar day. An assignment more than 7 days overdue will not be marked. Schedule • Week 1: Course Orientation • Week 2: Research Instructions • Structure of a Research • APA Style • Research Methodology . Schedule • Week 3: TOPIC 1: HISTORY AND OVERVIEW OF CL • What is CL? • CL history Readings: James (1992) Chapter 1.2. Thiem (2004) Chapter 1. 12 . Krzeszowski (1990) Chapter 1. Krzeszowski (1990) Chapter 9.3 • Week 4: TOPIC 2: CL CONTRIBUTIONS • Contribution to linguistics • Contribution to language teaching • Contribution to testing & translation Readings: James (1992) Chapter 6. Thiem (2004) Chapter 17 • Week 6: TOPIC 4: CL LEVELS: PHONOLOGY • • • Segmental phenomena Suprasegmental phenomena Contrastivng sound systems Readings: Odlin (2000) Chapter 7. 3. James (1992) Chapter 4 . Krzeszowski (1990) Chapter 2.Schedule • Week 5: TOPIC 3: CL PRINCIPLES AND METHODOLOGIES • • • Contrastive Principles Analysis Steps Two basic approaches Readings: James (1992) Chapter 3 & 4. 4. part of speech) • Phrase CA • Sentence CA Readings: Odlin (2000) Chapter 5 & 6. transformation.• Week 7: TOPIC 5: CL LEVELS: LEXICAL CL • Types of Lexical CA • Six cases for formal & semantic similarity • Word field contrast • Week 8: TOPIC 6: CL LEVELS: GRAMMAR • Morpheme CA • Word CA (formation. James (1992) Chapter 4 . Cross-cultural differences) Readings: Odlin (2000) Chapter 4. Conversation structures. James (1992) Chapter 5 . Fillmore) [3 steps] Other area for analysis (Politeness.• Week 9: TOPIC 7: CL LEVELS: PRAGMATICS • • • • • History of Pragmatics CA Pragmatic TC Two directions for analysis Steps in pragmatics CA (Ch. • Week 10: • TOPIC 8: ENGLISH & VIETNAMESE VOWELS • ESSAY TOPIC AND OUTLINE SUBMISSION • Week 11: • TOPIC 9: ENGLISH & VIETNAMESE CONSONANTS • DEADLINE FOR TOPIC AND OUTLINE SUBMISSION INSTRUCTOR'S FEEDBACK ON TOPIC AND OUTLINE . Schedule • • • • Week 12: OFF Week 13: Assessment 1 Week 14: OFF Week 15: END-OF-TERM ESSAY SUBMISSION .