Contrastive linguistics: Prospects and problems Edited by Jacek Fisiak (review)
- Robert K. Herbert
- Linguistic Society of America
- Volume 62, Number 1, March 1986
- pp. 166-169
- 10.1353/lan.1986.0007
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Contrastive Linguistics
Prospects and problems.
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- Language: English
- Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
- Copyright year: 1984
- Edition: Reprint 2011
- Front matter: 10
- Main content: 449
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- Published: July 19, 2011
- ISBN: 9783110824025
- Published: March 1, 1984
- ISBN: 9789027932600
- Contrastive Linguistics
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Department of English, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- Makes systematic contrasts between English, Chinese, German, and other languages at phonological, lexical, grammatical, textual, and pragmatic levels, using both Western and Chinese sources
- Focuses on useful insights contrastive analysis provides into real-world problems in various fields of linguistic study and practice
- Written in a plain and direct style for readers who have little knowledge of linguistics but who are engaged / interested in studies or activities which involve the use of a second language
Part of the book series: Peking University Linguistics Research (PKULR, volume 1)
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
Front matter, introduction, the principles and methods of contrastive analysis, phonetic and phonological contrastive analyses, lexical contrastive analysis, grammatical contrastive analysis, textual contrastive analysis, pragmatic contrastive analysis, back matter.
- Contrastive Analysis
- Linguistic Contrast
- Chinese Language
- English/Chinese Translation
- Linguistic Study and Practice
- Second Language
- translation studies
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Book Title : Contrastive Linguistics
Authors : Ping Ke
Series Title : Peking University Linguistics Research
DOI : https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1385-1
Publisher : Springer Singapore
eBook Packages : Social Sciences , Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information : Peking University Press and Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2019
Hardcover ISBN : 978-981-13-1384-4 Published: 02 October 2018
Softcover ISBN : 978-981-13-4623-1 Published: 02 February 2019
eBook ISBN : 978-981-13-1385-1 Published: 20 September 2018
Series ISSN : 2662-3129
Series E-ISSN : 2662-3137
Edition Number : 1
Number of Pages : XIII, 210
Number of Illustrations : 19 b/w illustrations
Topics : Applied Linguistics , Translation , Translation Studies
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Cognitive Awareness of the EFL Learner of Contrastive Linguistics Between English and Arabic: A Case Study
- Uzma M Hashmi Vision College
- Hussam Rajab King Abdul-Aziz University
- Sayyed Rashid Ali Shah King Khalid University
Corpus-based contrastive linguistics has rarely been thoroughly explored with regards to cognitive awareness of the English as a Foreign Language (EFL), Arabic first language (L1) speaking learners. The current study, based on an intervention, quasi-experimental quantitative research design, aims at presenting a pedagogical implementation of learners’ awareness driven instructions on contrastive linguistics between English and Arabic languages interchangeably. A purposefully selected sample of 69 beginner level (A1 CEFR) Saudi EFL learners were placed into an experimental group (n = 35) and a control group (n = 34). Learners in the experimental group were exposed to four grammatical contrastive linguistics criteria (between English and Arabic) over a 14-weeks semester duration, and the control group underwent a normal taught course with no intervention over the same teaching duration. Both groups were assessed via purposefully designed, 20-items grammar test before and after the 14-weeks duration. The gathered data was analysed with one sample and independent samples t-tests. The analysis revealed the outperformance of the experimental group compared to the control group in all four grammatical contrastive linguistics criteria. The study concludes with pedagogical implications on the principle of utilising contrastive linguistics as a pedagogical tool in an EFL context.
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Ping Ke is Professor of English and Translation Studies at Nanjing University, where he teaches E/C & C/E translation, translation studies, contrastive linguistics, language and translation technology, and research methodology at undergraduate or post-graduate levels. He has also taught translation at Peking University and the University of Macau, and has worked for UNESCO as a senior translator.
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