A Formal-Functional Approach for Contrastive Linguistics.

Khafaji, A. R.

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Publication Date: 1975

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A Formal-Functional Approach for Contrastive Linguistics

Khafaji, A. R.

English Language Teaching, 29, 2, 90-96, Jan 75

The formal-functional contrastive analysis approach is suggested as an alternative to both the structural and the transformational contrastive approaches. A theoretical explanation and a practical contrastive technique for the formal-functional approach are given. (CJ)

Descriptors: Arabic, Contrastive Linguistics, Linguistic Theory, Second Language Learning, Structural Analysis, Transformational Generative Grammar

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