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Language Transfer & Error Analysis

This document discusses language transfer, which refers to applying knowledge from a native language to a second language. It can result in either positive or negative transfer. Positive transfer occurs when the relevant structures are the same in both languages and leads to correct language production. Negative transfer happens when different structures are applied and causes errors. The degree of difference between the two languages determines how much negative transfer may take place.

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Language Transfer & Error Analysis

This document discusses language transfer, which refers to applying knowledge from a native language to a second language. It can result in either positive or negative transfer. Positive transfer occurs when the relevant structures are the same in both languages and leads to correct language production. Negative transfer happens when different structures are applied and causes errors. The degree of difference between the two languages determines how much negative transfer may take place.

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Cont. Linguistics & Error Analysis Venny Eka M., M.

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Language transfer
Language transfer (also known as L1 interference, linguistic interference, and crossmeaning) refers to speakers or writers applying knowledge from their native language to a second language. It is most commonly discussed in the context of English language learning and teaching, but it can occur in any situation when someone does not have a native-level command of a language, as when translating into a second language.

Positive and negative transfer


When the relevant unit or structure of both languages is the same, linguistic interference can result in correct language production called positive transfer "correct" meaning in line with most native speakers' notions of acceptability. Note, however, that language interference is most often discussed as a source of errors known as negative transfer. Negative transfer occurs when speakers and writers transfer items and structures that are not the same in both languages. Within the theory of contrastive analysis (the systematic study of a pair of languages with a view to identifying their structural differences and similarities), the greater the differences between the two languages, the more negative transfer can be expected. The results of positive transfer go largely unnoticed, and thus are less often discussed. Nonetheless, such results can have a large effect. Generally speaking, the more similar the two languages are, and the more the learner is aware of the relation between them, the more positive transfer will occur.

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