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language transfer

noun

Definitions

  1. Synonym of language shift.

  2. The (correct or incorrect) application of linguistic features (grammar, vocabulary, etc.)…

    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, […].

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for language transfer. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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