1st Edition

Contrastive Analysis

By C.R. James Copyright 1981
216 Pages
by Routledge

216 Pages
by Routledge

In this important study, Carl James reviews the role that contrastive analysis can play in understanding and solving problems in second or foreign language learning and teaching. Using both psycholinguistic and linguistic analysis, he establishes a sound theoretical basis for CA before going on to illustrate its contribution to the study of linguistic universals, bilingualism, and language... Read more
1. What is Constrastive Analysis? 2. The Psychological Basis of Contrastive Analysis 3. The Linguistic Components of Contrastive Analysis 4. Microlinguistic Contrastive Analysis 5. Macrolinguistics and Contrastive Analysis 6. Pedagogical Exploitation of Contrastive analysis 7. Some Issues of Contention

Biography

C.R. James