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CONTENT
Preface…………………………………………………………………………………4
I.
Comparative Typology as a branch of General Linguistics
1.1. Comparative Typology: subject matter, types, tasks, approaches…. 5
1.2. Historical background of typological investigations…........................8
1.3. Classification of Comparative Typology by Dr. Buranov……………12
1.4. Types of language comparison……………………………………… 20
Seminar 1………………………………………………………………………24
Seminar 2………………………………………………………………………29
Tests on topics of the chapter………………………………………………………33
II.
Typology of phonetic and phonological levels of English and
Native languages
2.1. Phonetics and phonology as different branches of Linguistics……37
2.2.Typological characteristics of English and Native
languages phonetic
system …………………………………………………………………………42
2.3.Typological characteristics of English and Native languages
phonological system…………………………………………………………..48
Seminar 3……………………………………………………………………….57
Seminar 4……………………………………………………………………….61
Tests on topics of the chapter………………………………………………………65
III.
Typology of morphological level of English and Native Languages
3.1. Theoretical basis of determining necessary constants in morphological
level……………………………………………………………………………..69
3.2. Typology of parts of speech in English and Native Languages……76
3.3. Typology of Grammatical Categories in English
and Native
Languages………………………………………………………………………81
Seminar 5………………………………………………………………………..87
Seminar 6………………………………………………………………………..90
Tests on topics of the chapter…………………………………………………………94