language transfer
noun1
Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences Synonym of language shift.
2
Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences 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: