Contrastive Analysis
Definition:
Contrastive analysis is an inductive investigative approach based on the distinctive elements in a language.
Comparison:
Here are some kinds of contrastive analysis:
- Intralingual
- Analysis of contrastive phonemes
- Feature analysis of morphosyntactic categories
- Analysis of morphemes having grammatical meaning
- Analysis of word order
- Componential analysis of lexemes
- Analysis of lexical relations
- Cross-linguistic
- Comparative analysis of morphosyntactic systems
- Comparative analysis of lexical semantics
- Analysis of translational equivalence
- Study of interference in foreign language learning
This page is an extract from the LinguaLinks Library. Version 5.0 published on CD-ROM by SIL International, 2003.