CONTRASTIVE LINGUISTICS AND TEXT LINGUISTICS

Abstract

This article presents a contrastive linguistics which is a field of linguistic study that compares and contrasts different languages or different language varieties in order to identify and understand and differences. It aims to explore language structures, functions and usage in different languages to better understand their underlying patterns and characteristics.

 Textual linguistics, on the other hand, is a branch of linguistics that focuses on the analysis of written or spoken texts, with an emphasis on the structure, organization, and communicative functions of language in these texts. Textual linguistics explores how language is used in discourse, including factors such as coherence, cohesion, and relationships between individual elements of a text.

 In short, while comparative linguistics compares different languages ​​or language varieties, textual linguistics analyzes the structure and function of language in specific texts.

 Both fields contribute to a deeper understanding of language, but they do so through different emphases and methods.