Unit 1 - Introduction

• Contrastive linguistics can be used to develop teaching materials, such as textbooks and grammar guides, that are tailored to specific language learning needs.
• Introduction

  Language is used by us every day. It is a reality, that is, it is something actually observed or experienced by us. Generally speaking, we can distinguish three modes or aspects of realityphysical, social, and psychologicaland at least five modes of knowing or approaches to the understanding of reality, that is, philosophical, mathematical, theological,

  hermeneutic, and scientific.
• What are the key adj the author characterize Linguistics?

  Linguistics (语言学)is the scientifc study of human language,which exsts

  primarily as physical, social and psychological realities.
• What mode of knowing are of limited relevance ti linguistics?

  Hermeneutical as