A CONTRASTIVE LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS OF GERMAN AND ENGLISH SYNTAX: A CORPUS-BASED STUDY
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The syntactic similarities and differences between the two languages are examined in this article using a corpus-based method. The final analysis focuses on differences in verb placement, negation patterns, main and subordinate sentence forms, and modal auxiliary usage. The results indicate that German has more flexible constituent placement, affected by verb-second (V2) norms and separable prefixes, whereas English tends to favor relatively stable Subject-Verb-Object (SVO) order. The findings highlight how crucial syntactic awareness is for teachers, translators, and language learners. In addition to improving theoretical comprehension, this contrastive technique offers helpful advice for successfully teaching German and English grammar.
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