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By 'language transfer' is meant

  • A.Knowledge generated in the development of a learner on account of other domains of knowledge.
  • B.The carryover of rules of the mother tongue syntax, phonology, or semantic system to the Second language in question.
  • C.The carryover of rules of the Second language syntax, phonology, or semantic system to the mother tongue in question.
  • D.The vocabulary and sentencestructure transferred haphazardly during Second language acquisition from any other language accessed by the learner.

Answer: B

Language transfer means the carryover of rules of the mother tongue syntax, phonology or semantic system to the second language.

In second language learning a learner carries habits of the first language into the new one, which can help (positive transfer) or cause errors (negative transfer).

The first option is a vague account of knowledge from other domains. The third reverses the direction, from second language to mother tongue. The fourth describes haphazard borrowing and not transfer of rules.

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