Purpose of contrastive linguistics
Contrastive linguistics is both theoretical and applied. It helps discover the "inner essence of man", and helps in the verification of language universals. Contrastive linguistics is an important part of foreign language teaching methodology and translation.
In the framework of a textbook, linguistics is considered as methods of improve learning, teaching second language, and translation.
The crucial questions dealt with contrastive linguistics are: (i) language and its properties in contrastive studies, (ii) the agent of language contrast, (iii) language patterns in contrastive linguistics.
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