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language transfer en · NOUN
Meanings
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(countable) Synonym of language shift.
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(uncountable) The (correct or incorrect) application of linguistic features (grammar, vocabulary, etc.) from one language to another, such as false friends.
At present, language transfer is not viewed as the manifestation of a learner's inability to resist first-language patterns; instead, it is thought to interact with L2 developmental processes, […].
1985, Jack C. Richards, The Context of Language Teaching, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN:
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language shift