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language transfers

language transfers is the plural of language transfer.

Meaning of language transfer

Noun

language transfer (countable and uncountable, plural language transfers)

  1. (countable) Synonym of language shift.
    Synonyms:
    language shift
  2. (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

Questions about language transfers

What is language transfers the plural of?
Language transfers is the plural of language transfer.

Words near language transfers in the dictionary

  1. language surveys
  2. language swap
  3. language swaps
  4. language technology
  5. language transfer
  6. language transfers
  7. language-agnostic
  8. language-independent
  9. language-learner
  10. language-learners
  11. language-learning

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