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The Problem Of Equivalence In Contrastive Analysis
The Problem Of Equivalence In Contrastive Analysis

Author(s): Miroslava Tsvetkova
Subject(s): Foreign languages learning, Comparative Linguistics, Philology
Published by: Шуменски университет »Епископ Константин Преславски«
Keywords: present tense; auxiliary; main verb; equivalence;

Summary/Abstract: The paper is a contrastive research of the Bulgarian and English temporal systems and outlines the present tense in particular. Bulgarian and English are rather different and what is typical of the one, is quite uncommon and rarely met in the other. In addition to the meaning and use of the tenses, the form of the latter in both languages is also discussed. The lack of equivalence between languages is one of the reasons for Bulgarian young learners’ errors in acquiring the English present tenses. That is why the influence of the mother tongue cannot be ignored.

  • Issue Year: 1/2014
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 132-136
  • Page Count: 5
  • Language: English, Bulgarian