An Introduction to Contrastive Analysis of English and Japanese

This small book was was written by Isamu Hayakawa and first published in 1993. Even now, this is useful and instructive to the students of contrastive linguistics and those who would like to graps the contrasting points of English and Japanese in a simple way.

AN ABSTRACT
The purpose of this study is to present a brief review of the research available on the contrastive analysis of English and Japanese and its application to the teaching of English in Japan.
The first step in the construction of the contrastive study is to define the relationship between language and culture. The second step is to construct a framework of the contrastive analysis of the two languages, in which important aspects of linguistic and cultural structures should be contrasted. Due to the great differences in language and culture, there exist various problems that Japanese students have to face in learning English. The last step is to apply the discoveries of rigorous studies to the practice of teaching English as a foreign language in Japan, so that future students may benefit.

CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION
2. LANGUAGE AND CULTURE
Some Assumptions about the Relationship between Language and Culture
3. METHOD AND SIGNIFICANCE OF CONTRASTIVE LINGUISTICS
Comparative Linguistics and Contrastive Linguistics
Framework of Contrastive Study of English and Japanese
Significance of Contrastive Linguistics for Foreign Language Teaching
4. CONTRASTIVE ANALYSIS OF ENGLISH AND JAPANESE AND ITS APPLICATION TO THE TEACHING OF ENGLISH IN JAPAN
Contrastive Analysis of the Two Sound Systems
Contrastive Analysis of the Two Syntactic Systems
Contrastive Analysis of the Two Vocabulary Systems
Contrastive Analysis of the Two Writing Systems
5. CONCLUSION
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