NEW APPROACHES ON THE STUDY OF LINGUISTIC DIFFERENCES
NEUE BEMERKUNGEN ZUR UNTERSUCHUNG SPRACHLICHER VERSCHIEDENHEITEN

Author : Recep AKAY
Number of pages : 1-12

Abstract

It is a well-known fact that upon looking at the cognitive perspective of a foreign language learner, the previously learned linguistic knowledge has a great impact on the learning of a target language. This previously learned linguistic knowledge has both positive and negative effects on the learning of the target language. From this standpoint, our aim in this article is to detect, classify and make analysis of the interference errors of the first language German and the second language of the learner. According to the results of contrastive error analysis, the language learners make errors due to the impact of interferences between mother language and target language. Most mistakes are syntax, word-election and usage of conjunctions and adjective building and plural form, which are seen as Interlingua errors as well. In addition in this study we made a detailed description of the types of errors theoretically, which the learner made during the learning process of foreign language. And then the interference errors are identified and analyzed by using a contrastive method. As a result of this study it was found out that

Keywords

Contrastive Analysis, Similarities and Differences between Languages, Second Foreign Language

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