A contrastive analysis of perception verbs in English and German

By Philipp Helle

Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1, University of Hamburg (Anglistik), course: Contrastive analysis of English and German, language: English, abstract: An extensive number of studies deal with perception verbs and their complementation in English or in German but so far no study found, analyses the two languages with respect to perception verbs contrastively. This paper shall provide the basis for a contrastive analysis of perception verbs and their complements in English and German. The goal is to contribute to the comparative typological study of the two languages as well as to the typological study of perception verbs and perception verb complements cross-linguistically.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3640301056
• ISBN13: 9783640301058
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Grin Verlag
• Length: 24 Pages
• Weight: 0.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 5.8" x 8.3"