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Connor, Meryl – IRAL, 1992
An instructional technique that enlisted natural language processes by ensuring that grammatical markers made semantic sense was examined to determine its usefulness in helping adult Anglophone classroom learners to make more accurate online aspectual choices in past tense oral narrative. (32 references) (LB)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Contrastive Linguistics, Foreign Countries, French
Ingo, Rune – IRAL, 1989
The different ways of expressing a nuclear phrase from one language in another language are examined with reference to Finnish, Swedish, and French. Two specific methods of representing the root phrase in surface structure are examined in some detail. (MSE)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Contrastive Linguistics, Deep Structure, Finnish
James, Carl – IRAL, 1994
This article examines recent research in the areas of contrastive analysis (CA) and error analysis (EA) as they apply to second-language learning, focusing on redefinitions and modifications of the concepts of language "transfer,""error," and "native speaker." It argues that both CA and EA remain vital components of applied linguistics and…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Contrastive Linguistics, Definitions, Error Analysis (Language)