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Download full textLevenston, E. A. – International Review of Applied Linguistics, 1965
Syntactic differences between languages are the focus of attention in this approach to contrastive study of grammatical categories. The categories of the first language are listed in a "translation-paradigm" opposite the possible categories of the target language after translation of the corpus. Three examples which contrast the clause, verbal…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Descriptive Linguistics, English, Form Classes (Languages)
PDF pending restorationMonod, M. J. – 1970
Morphological and syntactical considerations of problems of interference which arise between the mother tongue and the target language are developed in this paper written in English and in French. Linguistically oriented, the article focuses on the identification of different linguistic elements which compose a syntagmatic form. A detailed…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Descriptive Linguistics, Diagrams, English
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
James, Carl – 1980
Contrastive analysis is viewed as an interlinguistic, bidirectional phenomenon which is concerned with both the form and function of language. As such, contrastive analysis must view language psycholinguistically and sociolinguistically as a system to be both described and acquired. Due to the need for a psychological component in the analysis,…
Descriptors: Case (Grammar), Contrastive Linguistics, Descriptive Linguistics, Discourse Analysis
Gaeng, Paul A. – 1970
This article reviews the historical development of applied linguistics in foreign language instruction. Five major principles influencing early applied linguistic theory are summarized, emphasizing the oral nature of language. Central to the article are discussions of: (1) prescriptive or normative grammar, (2) transformational grammar, (3)…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Audiolingual Methods, Audiolingual Skills, Contrastive Linguistics
HOCKETT, CHARLES F. – 1958
INTENDED AS AN INTRODUCTORY COLLEGE LINGUISTICS TEXT, THIS BOOK PRESENTS IN AN ORDERLY, AUTONOMOUS WAY THE GENERALLY ACCEPTED FACTS AND PRINCIPLES OF LINGUISTICS FOR THOSE WHO HAVE A PROFESSIONAL NEED TO KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT LANGUAGE. DIVIDED INTO TWELVE SECTIONS, THE BOOK DESCRIBES IN DETAIL IN A PART DEVOTED TO PHONOLOGY, (1) PHONEMES, (2)…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Contrastive Linguistics, Descriptive Linguistics, Diachronic Linguistics
