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