What does contrastive mean?
Contrastive means Contrasting: tending to contrast; being in contrast..
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/kənˈtɹɑː.stɪv/ · adjective
Contrasting: tending to contrast; being in contrast..
This thesis is an attempt to apply the theory of transformational grammar to the Japanese language. […] Comparison of the structure of Japanese and English is also our concern, whenever possible, and it is seen that the transformational theory is helpful in such contrastive studies.
Consider the first, allegedly contrastive fact, that there were some bank robbings by Sutton rather than no robbings at all by Sutton.
Vowel length is contrastive.
Use contrastive when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Contrastive means Contrasting: tending to contrast; being in contrast..
Common synonyms include different, contrasting, incompatible, disjunctive.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
This thesis is an attempt to apply the theory of transformational grammar to the Japanese language. […] Comparison of the structure of Japanese and English is also our concern, whenever possible, and it is seen that the transformational theory is helpful in such contrastive studies.
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