The Contrastive Study of the Conjunction ‘and’ in English and Armenian
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https://doi.org/10.46991/TSTP/2021.1.1.28Keywords:
contrastive study, coordinative conjunction (and), semantic range, pragmatic marker, stylistic deviceAbstract
In linguistics the structuring role of conjunctions is emphasized, whereas its pragmatic and contrastive study is often foregrounded. Conjunction may be prerequisite for contrastive study.
The present research is mainly aimed at establishing semantic – functional characteristics of the conjunction “and”, as well as identifying its equivalents in Armenian translation. In other words only one translation direction is investigated, namely English to Armenian. The merit of this research lies in the fact that the study of conjunction from contrastive perspective reveals structural similarities and dissimilarities of the source language and the target language.
Contrastive study can be used to get new insights into syntax and the findings of this analysis can prove to be useful in such fields as comparative grammar, pragmatics, second-language teaching, etc.
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