Answers Drawing on the findings of theoretical contrastive studies they provide a frame- work for the comparison of languages, selecting whatever information is necessary for a specific purpose, e g. teaching, bilingual analysis

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1. Drawing on the findings of theoretical contrastive studies they provide a frame- work for the comparison of languages, selecting whatever information is necessary for a specific purpose, e.g. teaching, bilingual analysis, translating, etc.

2. Contrastive linguistics, since its inception by Robert Lado in the 1950s, has often been linked to aspects of applied linguistics, e.g., to avoid interference errors in foreign-language learning, as advocated by Di Pietro (1971) to assist interlingual transfer in the process of it

3. A branch of linguistics concerned with showing the differences and similarities in the structure of at least two languages or dialects

4. In mathematics, constructive analysis is mathematical analysis done according to some principles of constructive mathematics. This contrasts with classical analysis, which (in this context) simply means analysis done according to the (more common) principles of classical mathematics.

5. Phonetics - the study of speech sounds in their physical aspects. Phonology - the study of speech sounds in their cognitive aspects. Morphology - the study of the formation of words. Syntax - the study of the formation of sentences.

6. The informative, expressive, and directive purposes of language.

7. The capacity for the use of language is considered by many linguists to lie primarily in the domain of grammar, and to be linked with competence, rather than with the growth of vocabulary. Even a very small lexicon is theoretically capable of producing an infinite number of sentences.

8. Applied linguistics is an interdisciplinary field which identifies, investigates, and offers solutions to language-related real-life problems. Some of the academic fields related to applied linguistics are education, psychology, communication research, anthropology, and sociology.

9. A contrastive analysis must proceed through four steps: description, selection, contrast, and prediction. Most analysis are weakened by insufficient care at one or more of these steps, each of which is beset with problems.

10. Contrastive analysis is the systematic study of a pair of languages with a view to identifying their structural differences and similarities. Historically it has been used to establish language genealogies.