The volume consists of reprints of papers originally published between 1967 and 2009. Terms like «congruence», «equivalence» and «tertium comparationis» as well as fundamental principles of classical, structural contrastive studies are defined. The study also contains articles which lay foundations of based contrastive studies.

The series "Warsaw Studies in English Language and Literature" publishes contributions on various aspects of English Linguistics, English language teaching, and literature in English. In the area of Linguistics special emphasis will be laid on works on Historical English Linguistics and Cognitive Linguistics, as well as translation studies. In the area of literature the series will focus on English medieval and contemporary English literature, post colonial as well as American Literature.