I-IV -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter I What is contrastive linguistics? -- Chapter II Tertium comparationis -- Chapter III Towards a classification of contrastive studies -- Chapter IV Three steps in "classical" contrastive studies -- Chapter V Contrastive studies at various levels of linguistic analysis -- Chapter VI Linguistic models and contrastive studies -- Chapter VII Towards a theory of semanto-syntactic equivalence -- Chapter VIII Contrastive Generative Grammar -- Chapter IX Error analysis, interlanguage, and Contrastive Generative Grammar -- Chapter Χ Quantitative contrastive studies -- Chapter XI Cognitive linguistics and contrastive studies -- Chapter XII "Theoretical" and "applied" contrastive studies -- Notes -- References -- Index of subjects -- Index of authors -- 287-288