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Hopkins, Edwin A. – Unterrichtspraxis, 1975
Examines errors made by English speakers learning German and, in attempting to find sources for them, contrasts certain phenomena of German and English grammar. The phenomena in question are cleft sentences and the treatment of case. (TL)
Descriptors: Case (Grammar), Contrastive Linguistics, Error Analysis (Language), Error Patterns
Lange, Michel – 1974
This paper raises questions about the significance of errors made by language learners. The discussion is divided into four parts: (1) definition of error analysis, (2) the present status of error analysis research, including an overview of the theories of Lado, Skinner, Chomsky, Corder, Nemser, and Selinker; (3) the subdivisions of error analysis…
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Contrastive Linguistics, Error Analysis (Language), Error Patterns
Varga, Laszlo – 1975
This is a contrastive analysis of British English, American English and Hungarian sentence prosody. The first part is an introduction stating the study's objective, scope and data, and briefly surveying the related literature. It outlines the study's view of prosodic features and its principles of comparison and prediction. Part Two inventories…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Descriptive Linguistics, English, Error Patterns
Nickel, Gerhard, Ed. – 1971
The contrastive linguistics papers contained in this collection concern a wide variety of issues within the field -- ranging from phonology and syntax to interference and error analysis in foreign language instruction. The papers, while discussing specific topics, for example, "Equivalence, Congruence, and Deep Structure" or "Comparative Analysis…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Conference Reports, Contrastive Linguistics, Error Patterns