CONTRASTIVE ANALYSIS

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N., Pam M.S.
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with regard to language, comparing the forms of two different languages, generally with the objective of giving further awareness into result-oriented foreign language or second language teachings.

CONTRASTIVE ANALYSIS: "Contrastive analysis is frequently used in comparing the Spanish and Italian languages, due to their similarities."

Related Psychology Terms

  1. METALANGUAGE
  2. ARTIFICIAL LANGUAGE
  3. LEXICAL UNCERTAINTY
  4. KEY-WORD METHOD
  5. CONTRASTIVE RHETORIC
  6. SOUND CHANGE
  7. FORMAL DISCIPLINE
  8. TELEOLOGY
  9. UNIVERSAL GRAMMAR (UG)
  10. OBJECT LANGUAGE
Cite this page: N., Pam M.S., "CONTRASTIVE ANALYSIS," in PsychologyDictionary.org, April 7, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/contrastive-analysis/ (accessed April 11, 2021).
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