Contrastive Analysis Of Most Relevant Features Of English And Arabic Languages

Abstract

This paper highlights the similarities and differences of relevant features of English and Arabic languages. The paper also brings out the application of these similarities and differences to the teaching and learning process of English and Arabic languages. Psycholinguistic implications of structural similarities and differences between the two languages for Arab learners of English and English learners of Arab were indicated. An historical background of both languages is given. In the paper, the author focuses on comparing of the phonetic and phonological features, syntactic features, and lexical features of English and Arabic languages. The impact of these similarities and differences are also viewed in relation to its effects on the translation of the English and Arabic languages to provide a basis for more sophisticated and effective translation.