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The university of Tripoli

The English department

Postgraduate program

The fall semester 2012
Course in Contrastive analysis

A research on what is Contrastive analysis

Extracted by
Abo-ajela.M. Attamimi

Academically supervised by
Dr. Habeeb Alramaash

Table of contents

1- What is Contrastive Analysis? Page 3

2- Types of Contrastive analysis Page 4-5

3- History and development of contrastive Page 5-6

4- Main assumptions of contrastive analysis Page 6

5- References

What is contrastive analysis?
Beginning with the definition of the word contrast; contrast means to compare, actually, it is quite similar to the word CONFRONT. Contrastive analysis definition according to www.sil.org C.A is an inductive investigative approach based on the distinctive elements in a language. According to SIL.ORG definition, contrastive analysis is about distinctive elements in A LANGUAGE, and then what does it compare in a language? The answer would be provided for this question as we move along with the C.A.
The other definition according to en.wikipedia.orgContrastive analysis is the systematic study of a pair of languages with a view to identifying their structural differences and similarities.As the definition of WIKIPEDIA is presented, C.A deals with the systematic study of A PAIR OF LANGUAGES. Those two definitions are either correct or one of them is incorrect.
In fact, the most prominent definition that, most linguists agreed on, is that Contrastive analysis is based on the comparison between two or, more languages to bring out the differences as well as the similarities to help the learner of the

References: DrRamaash Lecture Carl James Book, what is contrastive analysis JacekFisiak book, some introductory notes concerning linguitics en.wikipedia.org www.eric.ed.gov/ www.Academia.edu/ www.sil.org/ www.learninggerman.org/ www.meriam-webster.com/