Contrastive Functional Analysis

Chesterman, Andrew

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“…If the meanings in the Ika language and the English language as expressed in sentence 6 and 7 are similar, then functionally, both languages are similar because they achieve the same aim as Chesterman (1998) outlined. According to him, what a functional contrastive should do is to focus on similarity in meaning rather than sameness in meaning which is very rare in two languages.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…For the different types of NP available in the English language as we saw arlier, the Ika language does not have the definite reference NP. There is no article in the Ika language, and as such, English expressions with articles need to be converted with a demonstrative pronoun and in terms of the functional level of the Ika form, we wish to state that it fulfils the relatedness in meaning as outlined by Chesterman (1998). That is to say the communicative value of:…”

Section: Ika: M Ra Gwa Onu (Plural Reference)mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…So, it is related to the English meaning and satisfies the condition for contrasting as proposed by Chesterman (1998).…”

Section: Okenye Ahun Bia Ebeni (That Man Came Here)mentioning

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A Contrastive Functional Analysis of Reference as a Cohesive Device in the English Language and Ika language

Ogum¹,

Idegbekwe²

2016

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Many definitions of language underline the fact that language is mainly a tool for communication. As a tool for communication, a language has a structure which makes it organized and understandable in relaying meanings to the users. One of such patterns of a language is found in the cohesive ties that run through the language linking what is being said to what has been said and what is to be said. This study compares reference a cohesive tie in the English language and the Ika language. The study uses the Lexical and Grammatical cohesion Model proposed by Halliday and Hassan, (1976 and Chesterman's Contrastive Functional Analysis (CFA) (1998) as the theoretical frameworks. The study establishes the similarities and differences in the functions and layout of referencing cohesive elements in the English language and Ika language. The study is done with the aim of promoting the translation of texts to and from both languages and improving the learning of English as a second language. In order to get the right data for the study, we devised the Ika English Cohesive Contrastive Template (IECCT) and applied a random sampling technique. The study presents findings and contributions to knowledge.

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Section: Cataphoric Referencementioning

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Section: Ika: M Ra Gwa Onu (Plural Reference)mentioning

confidence: 99%

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A Contrastive Functional Analysis of Reference as a Cohesive Device in the English Language and Ika language

Ogum¹,

Idegbekwe²

2016

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“…In fact, the initial wave of innovative research in developing a functional CA based on conceptual analysis was launched in the 1960s, predating the birth of Contrastive Rhetoric Movement (Kaplan, 1966). A quick glimpse at the claim of this movement indicates that the occurrence of negative transfer is largely due to rhetorical conceptual elements rather than to purely lexical or syntactic elements (Chesterman, 1998;Connor, 1996Connor, , 2002Danesi, 2003;Kaplan, 1978;Kroll, 1990;Leki, 1991).…”

Section: Contrastive Analysis (Ca) and Its Alternative Versionsmentioning

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Reflections on the Development of Contrastive Domain of Second Language Education: An Overview

Mahmoodzadeh

2013

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ABSRACTThe current paper reflects on the evolving course and place of contrastive aspects of second language research. It attempts to give a concise overview of the related cross-linguistic perspectives over the last decades and elucidates their ascribed nuts and bolts in order to shed further light on the role and significance of cross-linguistic studies in second language research from the past up until now. To this end, the author expressly elaborates on different versions of Contrastive Analysis (CA) to come up with a clear picture of 'contrastive' genre of second language education. The paper concludes that notwithstanding of its inconsistent influence, the contrastive realm of second language education has firmly abided and has dynamically maintained its sphere of influence in L2 research.

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“…The research described in the present paper takes one "functional-semantic field in an abstract paradigmatic space of a language system" (Bondarko 1991), quantification, as the tertium comparationis or third element of the comparison. Quantity is perceived as a meaning shared by the two languages involved in the study, English and Spanish, hence it becomes the starting point of the research, as suggested by Chesterman (1998): Contrastive functional analysis starts from perceived similarities of meaning across two or more languages, and seeks to determine the various ways in which these similar or shared meanings are expressed in different languages (Chesterman 1998:1).…”

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A Methodological Proposal for the Study of Semantic Functions across Languages

Cruz

2004

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AbstractAfter a brief revision of the major currents of thought and grammatical models in the history of CS (Contrastive Studies), a method of analysis suitable for corpus-based descriptive studies across languages is presented and discussed in this paper. As an alternative to translation corpora, the use of comparable corpora is advocated and put into practice in a large-scale research on a particular semantic function, quantification, and its expression in two languages, English and Spanish. The different phases of the process are explained and a summary of achievements is provided. The ultimate purpose of the paper is to contribute to the strengthening of the discipline by offering new results about one pair of languages and by suggesting a methodology that can be broadly applied to different semantic fields and pairs of languages.

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Contrastive Functional Analysis

Cited by 129 publications

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A Contrastive Functional Analysis of Reference as a Cohesive Device in the English Language and Ika language

A Contrastive Functional Analysis of Reference as a Cohesive Device in the English Language and Ika language

Reflections on the Development of Contrastive Domain of Second Language Education: An Overview

A Methodological Proposal for the Study of Semantic Functions across Languages

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