a tertium comparationis
common platform of comparison or shared similarity
refs:
Connor, U. (2004). Intercultural rhetoric research: Beyond texts. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 3, 291-304.
Connor, U., & Moreno, A. (2005). Tertium comparationis. A vital component in contrastive rhetoric research. In Festschrift in Honour of Robert B. Kaplan. Clevedon, England: Multilingual Matters
翻译成为一般为“对比中立项”,是语言对比的基础。任何事物对比,必须有一个基础,这个基础我们称之为“对比中立项”。