Contrastive and error analysis : a case study.
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Abstract
Chapter One: this chapter presents an up-to-date account
of Contrastive Analysis (CA), and Error Analysis (EA).
Chapter Two: this deals with the syntactic descriptions of
Inflectional Phrase, (IP) in English and Syrian Arabic
respectively. The descriptions of (IP) system are executed
within the framework of X-bar syntax in the version
outlined in Chomsky (1970 and 1986b), and Radford (1988).
These descriptions focus on the various syntactic
movements which take place within the maximal categories
referred to as IP all of which play an important role in
the formation of YIN and Wh-questions. For the sake of
this study, only three types of movement will be
considered -
i. e. I- movement, V- movement, and Wh -
movement
Chapter Three: this chapter describes the syntactic
movements which take place within the maximal categories
referred to as Complementiser Phrase (CP) of the two
languages within the same framework. The description
focuses on I-to-C and Wh-movement.
Chapter Four: this deals with English Small Clauses (SCs)
and Syrian Verbless Clauses (VCs) also within the same
framework.
Chapter Five: this deals with contrasting the
interrogative patterns of the two languages as identified
in chapters 2,3 and 4, and with formulating predictions
on the basis of the contrasts identified.
Chapter Six: this highlights the methodology of the
experiment conducted -
i. e. data collection, design of the
elicitation instruments, etc.
Chapter Seven: this consists of analysing the elicited
errors in the light of my predictions. it compares CA
predictions with the attested errors to evaluate the
success of the predictions and hypotheses.
Chapter Eight: offers the discussion of disconfirmed
predictions and errors irrelevant to predictions.
Chapter Nine: this contains conclusions, pedagogical
implications and recommendation for further research