Language transfer : cross-linguistic influence in language learning

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Language transfer : cross-linguistic influence in language learning

Terence Odlin

（The Cambridge applied linguistics series / series editors, Michael H. Long and Jack C. Richards）

Cambridge University Press, 1989

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  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-196) and indexes

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Description

The author shows how similarities and differences between languages can influence grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation acquisition. Terence Odlin reconsiders a question that many language teachers and educational researchers have addressed: How much influence can a learner's native language have in making the acquisition of a new language easy or difficult? Odlin analyzes and interprets research showing many ways in which similarities and differences between languages can influence the acquisition of grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation. In addition, he provides a detailed look at work on other areas important for the study of transfer, including discourse, individual variation, and sociolinguistic factors. Language teachers, applied linguists, and educational researchers will find this volume extremely valuable to their work.

Table of Contents

  • Series editors' preface
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • 2. Earlier thinking on transfer
  • 3. Some fundamental problems in the study of transfer
  • 4. Discourse
  • 5. Semantics
  • 6. Syntax
  • 7. Phonetics, phonology, and writing systems
  • 8. Nonstructural factors in transfer
  • 9. Looking back and looking ahead
  • 10. Implications for teaching
  • Glossary
  • References
  • Language index
  • Author index
  • Subject index.

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