Linguistics 2244A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Multiple Choice, Contrastive Analysis, Language Transfer

• School: Western University
• Department: Linguistics
• Course: Linguistics 2244A/B
• Professor: J. Garavito

Document Summary

To look at different contexts and learner characteristics that may affect l2 acquisition. To look at how learning language has been studied in the near past. Transfer: the influence of one language on another. Originally thought to be mainly effects of l1 on l2. In japanese, [l] and [r] are allophones (variants) of one phoneme (distinctive sounds) Japanese speakers often mistake these sounds when speaking english. We speak of positive transfer when it leads to appropriate forms and meanings in the target language. We speak of negative transfer when it leads to divergent forms of meanings. Interlanguage: the grammar (knowledge) and use of the l2 at a particular stage of development. Fossilization: a persistent (or even permanent) lack of change in the interlanguage before reaching the target language. The lack of development can affect one specific area of the grammar or the whole grammar.