Overview: Makes systematic contrasts between English, Chinese, German, and other languages at phonological, lexical, grammatical, textual, and pragmatic levels, using both Western and Chinese sources.Focuses onThis book serves as an introduction to contrastive linguistics - the synchronic study of two or more languages, with the aim of discovering their differences and similarities, especially the former, and applying these discoveries to related areas of language study and practice. It discusses the principles and methods, and contrasts English, Chinese, German, and other languages at phonolo
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