Contrastive Analysis
Contrastive Analysis
Contrastive Analysis
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<strong>Contrastive</strong> <strong>Analysis</strong><br />
Introduction: Definition:<br />
<strong>Contrastive</strong> <strong>Analysis</strong> means the comparison of two languages by paying attention to differences and<br />
similarities between languages being compared.<br />
• It was first suggested by Whorf (1941) as contrastive linguistics , a comparative study<br />
which emphasizes on linguistic differences.<br />
• The publication of Robert Lados' book( linguistics across cultures) in 1957 was the start<br />
of modern applied contrastive linguistics. In later studies the term contrastive linguistics<br />
changed to contrastive analysis.<br />
The branches which contrastive analysis is involved:<br />
Translation- teaching- linguistics- textbook writing- error analysis<br />
1. Translation:<br />
a-As a translator should be faithful to the text so s/he should know the exact equivalents in two<br />
languages (source and target).<br />
b- A translator understands that most of the differences in two languages are not semantically but<br />
culturally.<br />
c- She/He understands that most of these different beliefs<br />
differences comes from different values<br />
different patterns of thought
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