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Pille Eslon. Analogy in the Correlating of Languages |
2006, nr. 1 |
The application of analogy (as a method of
human cognition) to language modeling opens up new possibilities
for theoretical generalizations. This is particularly important
for correlative linguistics, as it draws its theoretical conclusions
from a parallel description of two language systems, not from
their essence. Its object to be sought and described consists
of relations between languages. A correlative model adequate to
such an object should be based on the functions of linguistic
units in text. Important are also the degree of universality of
the correlating parameter and the dimensionality of the correlating
process. Thus, correlating should preferably be applied to functional
and semantic categories, such as aspectuality, temporality etc.
The material comes from translations. The source and target texts
are subjected to correlative linguistic analysis. The results
are considered from the point of view of functional-semantic categories,
comparing them on the basis of system hierarchy, while the structural
and functional aspects are kept apart. The material thus classified
is subjected to another round of comparison in order to reveal
interlinguistic contrasts, equivalents, differences and functional
identities. The results are divided into three classes according
to whether they are indicative of analogy, symmetry or asymmetry
between the two languages. The case study involves a correlative
linguistic model of aspectuality (Estonian vs. Russian).
The author calls her approach correlative to emphasize its essential
difference from contrastive grammar.
Keywords: linguistic philosophy,
methods, analogy, grammar of correlation.
Pille Eslon (b. 1950), PhD, University of Tallinn,
Chair of General and Applied Linguistics
pille.eslon@tlu.ee
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