Contrastive analysis

Chapter 2, the author examines the psycholinguistic bases of contrastive analysis, concentrating on the notion of transfer which has been so powerful an element in its pedagogic appeal. Chapter 3 and 4 oofer the reader both a theoretical framework and a practical methodology for the activity of contrastive analysis. Chapter 5 recalls the author's concern in chapter 1 for language as function in context and focuses on a novel and macrolinguistic approach to contrastive analysis. The final return to the mainstream of the pedagogical exploitation of contrastive analysis, and hence to the historical issues with which this preface began.v, 208 hlm, 22 x 15,3 c