Chapter 1 Introduction 1
Chapter 2 English-Chinese Contrastive Studies in the First Half of the 20th Century:The Pioneering Stage 4
2.1 Contrastive Studies Under the Guidance of General Grammar 9
2.1.1 Contributions of Ma Jianzhong 9
2.1.2 Contributions of Li Jinxi 12
2.1.3 Contributions of Chen Chengze 14
2.2 Contrastive Studies Under the Guidance of General Linguistics 16
2.2.1 Contributions of Wang Li 16
2.2.2 Contributions of Lü Shuxiang 18
2.2.3 Contributions of Gao Mingkai 24
2.2.4 Contributions of Chao Yuen Ren 29
2.2.5 Contributions of Yang Shuda 30
2.2.6 Contributions of Yen Fuh 31
2.2.7 Contributions of Lin Yutang 34
2.2.8 More Noteworthy Contributions 39
2.3 Summary 40
Chapter 3 English-Chinese Contrastive Studies in the 1950s and 1960s:The Stagnation Stage 41
3.1 English-Chinese Micro-Contrastive Studies for the Purpose of TEFL and Translation 42
3.1.1 Contributions of Loh Dianyang 42
3.1.2 Contributions of Zhang Peiji 45
3.1.3 Contributions of Ch'ien Chungshu 52
3.1.4 More Noteworthy Contributions 53
3.2 Breakthroughs in the English-Chinese Contrastive Studies Under the Guidance of General Linguistics 55
3.2.1 More Contributions of Chao Yuen Ren 55
3.2.2 More Noteworthy Contributions 57
3.3 Summary 58
Chapter 4 English-Chinese Contrastive Linguistics in the 1970s and 1980s:The Restoration Stage 59
4.1 The Improvement of Social Climate for Research 59
4.2 The Onset of Contrastive Linguistics and the Appearance of Contrastive Theorizing 61
4.2.1 The Institutional Establishment of Education and Research in Contrastive Linguistics in Universities 61
4.2.2 The Academic Establishment of the Discipline and the Appearance of Contrastive Theorizing 62
4.3 Broad Scope of Contrastive Linguistics and Narrow Focus of Micro-Contrastive Studies 69
4.4 The Appearance of Macro-Contrastive Studies at the Facets of Discourse,Pragmatics,Rhetorics,Cognition,Psychology and Culture 77
4.5 Summary 82
Chapter 5 English-Chinese Contrastive Linguistics from the 1990s to the Present:The Prosperous Stage 84
5.1 The Consolidation of Academic Foothold,the Expansion of Research Teams and the Increase of Scholarly Publishing 86
5.1.1 The Publication of Influential Collections of Contrastive Theses 87
5.1.2 Contrastive Educational and Research Programs in Universities 90
5.1.3 The Founding of China Association for Comparative Studies of English and Chinese(CACSEC)and Its Active Operation 92
5.2 Intensive Theorizing on Contrastive Linguistics as a Discipline 101
5.2.1 The Explicit Definition,Scope,Classification,Theoretical Framework of Contrastive Linguistic Inquiry 101
5.2.2 Intensive Theorizing on the Discipline and Its Methodology 104
5.2.3 The Active Introduction of the Western Linguistic Theories and Research Methodology and Intensive Interdisciplinary Approaches to Contrastive Linguistic Studies 114
5.2.4 The Presence of Historical Studies on the Contrastive Linguistics in China 116
5.3 Novel Contrastive Perspectives and Methodologies and Diversified Theoretical and Methodological Approaches 127
5.3.1 The Active Pursuit of New Perspectives and Methodologies 127
5.3.2 The Popularization of Corpus Linguistic Method 135
5.4 The Narrower Focus of Micro-Contrastive Studies 144
5.5 Broader and More In-Depth Macro-Contrastive Studies and Micro-Macro Combined Approaches 150
5.6 Summary 158
Chapter 6 English-Chinese Contrastive Linguistics in China:Limitations and Prospect 160
6.1 The Limitations of English-Chinese Contrastive Linguistics in China 160
6.1.1 Lack of Both Original Innovation and Schools of Thoughts in Contrastive Linguistics in China 160
6.1.2 Lack of Academic Contentions and Queries 168
6.1.3 Lack of Historical Studies on the Discipline 169
6.1.4 Gap Between Domestic and International Corpus-Based Contrastive Studies 174
6.1.5 Lack of English Semantic Competence and Publication in English 177
6.1.6 Dominance of Rationalism and Lack of Human-Centered Philosophy in Contrastive Research Among TESOL Practitioners 188
6.2 The Prospect of English-Chinese Contrastive Linguistics in China 192
Bibliography 199
Index 262