Comparative Analysis

Author: (English) James (James/C.)
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Publish Date: 2005-06-13
Features: Comparative Analysis is a work published by Carl James in 1980, which provides a comprehensive and systematic introduction and review of a relatively young branch of linguistics—Comparative Analysis. Although published many years ago, it remains an historically significant theoretical work for linguists studying comparative linguistics. This book is not a purely theoretical work on comparative linguistics, and its theoretical foundation is also relatively weak. Most of its content consists of descriptions and analyses of different viewpoints from various scholars, with a considerable amount of mixed and synthesized elements in its theoretical framework, revealing the early stages of immaturity in this emerging discipline. Here, it is a theoretical overview aimed at practical application rather than a purely theoretical work. Readers should focus on the numerous questions raised for comparative research and the attempts to solve these problems, rather than the book's theoretical framework itself. For more recent developments in the theory of comparative linguistics, readers can refer to the new works on comparative linguistics listed in the references after this article. Comparative Analysis is divided into 7 chapters, which are:
Chapter 1: What is Comparative Analysis;
Chapter 2: The Psychological Basis of Comparative Analysis;
Chapter 3: The Linguistic Content of Comparative Analysis;
Chapter 4: Micro-Comparative Linguistic Analysis;
Chapter 5: Macro-Comparative Linguistic Analysis;
Chapter 6: The Application of Comparative Analysis in Teaching;
Chapter 7: Controversial Issues.