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negative transfer

negative transfer noun: the unsuccessful use by a language learner of a construct from the learner's source language in the target language, such that the resulting utterance in the target language is incorrect.

Noun

negative transfer (usually uncountable, plural negative transfers)

  1. (usually) The unsuccessful use by a language learner of a construct from the learner's source language in the target language, such that the resulting utterance in the target language is incorrect.

negative transfer meaning in Tamil

negative transfer in Tamil

எதரிடை மாற்றம், முரண்கற்பிப்பு

Forms of negative transfer

pluralnegative transfers

Questions about negative transfer

What does negative transfer mean?
Negative transfer means the unsuccessful use by a language learner of a construct from the learner's source language in the target language, such that the resulting utterance in the target language is incorrect.
What is negative transfer in Tamil?
Negative transfer in Tamil is எதரிடை மாற்றம், முரண்கற்பிப்பு. See Negative transfer meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is negative transfer?
Negative transfer is a noun.
What is the plural of negative transfer?
The plural of negative transfer is negative transfers.

Words near negative transfer in the dictionary

  1. negative side waterproofing
  2. negative space
  3. negative spaces
  4. negative split
  5. negative theology
  6. negative transfer
  7. negative transfers
  8. negative utilitarian
  9. negative utilitarianism
  10. negative utilitarianisms
  11. negative utilitarians

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Adapted from Wiktionary: negative transfer (page history and authors); negative transfer (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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