Contrastive studies in morphology and syntax / edited by Michalis Georgiafentis [and 3 others].

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Heuristic dimensions of contrastive linguistics -- English as a bridge: an L3-approach to contrastive linguistics -- 'Verb first' in proverbs and slogans: a German-based contrastive view -- Gender marking in English and Polish job titles: referring to female physicians -- Congruence and equivalence in adjective-forming suffixation in Spanish and English: a contrastive study -- Linking elements in German compounds: a morphological analysis in comparison with Greek -- Compounding in Albanian as a case of 'structural blending': evidence from the contrastive analysis of Greek and Albanian -- Past tense usages in tenseless language: a contrastive studio -- A contrastive analysis of interrogative constructions in romance: microvariation and theory -- Wh-questions at the syntax-discourse interface: German Swedish contrasts -- Focus types: a crosslinguistic study of clause and information structure -- Strong pronounce as postverbal subjects in Spanish and Italian -- Cliticization patterns in Greek: a comparative examination with crosslinguistic remarks -- Towards a formal model of transfer under contact: contrasting Asia minor Greek to mainland Greek and Turkish in search of syntactic borrowings -- Goal prevalence and situation types: an empirical analysis of differences in Greek and German motion event descriptions.