French-English Contrastive Lexicology: An Introduction

according adjectives animal applies basic beautiful belong borrowed characteristics claim clear cognates collocational combinations communication comparable componential analysis compounds conceptual meaning connotation corresponds course deceptive defined definition denote derived determined Dictionary Dictionnaire difficulty distinction distinguish elements English English and French equivalence examples existence experience expressed fact faire fields formal français French frequent give given grammatical hand human illustrate instance language langue Latin less lexical item limited linguistic male matter nature nouns object opposition origin pairs Paris partially person point of view polysemy poor problems reality refer regard région relations relatively represent rule semantic semantic fields sense simply sound speakers specific speech structure stylistic suggestive synonyms term theory things translation equivalents true turn types usually verbs vocabulary whereas whole words