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Blumenthal, Peter – Linguistik und Didaktik, 1976
First examines German modal verbs with respect to multiple meanings and synonymy, finding that "implications," especially presuppositions, account for important differences in their uses. The same approach is used on French modals. Common features and differences are studied, and typical errors are predicted and classified. (Text is in…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Descriptive Linguistics, Error Patterns, French
Blumenthal, Peter – Linguistik und Didaktik, 1974
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Contrastive Linguistics, French, German