Talk:Language transfer

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i came here for the definition of language transfer... nothing! someone please take action... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.51.109.129 (talk) 15:47, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

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[edit] Huh?

I came to this article for a definition, and their is none. It should be the first sentence. Currently the first sentence, and paragraph, appear to be some kind of disclaimer, then the body paragraph jumps into esoteric jargon. I still don't know what "Language Transfer" is in this context. Needs a serious rewrite. Youdontsmellbad (talk) 07:30, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Redirect

I've moved this page from language interference to language transfer because the latter is the more academic name for this, as used in second language acquisition. It also has fewer negative connotations, allowing us to discuss 'positive transfer' without switching between the terms throughout the article. Jsteph 09:44, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hoffentlich???

The german use of hoffentlich has nothing to do with english use of Hopefully, at least, certainly not directly! See List of English words with disputed usage, Dangling modifier and [1]. Circeus 16:36, Feb 18, 2005 (UTC)

Are you saying that the German word doesn't carry the meaning "it is hoped that" or the English word doesn't? Not completely sure about the German one, but as far as I am aware, both are common enough to be proper in that meaning at least as colloquialisms.

[edit] Embarazada

Contributors to this article may be interested to know that the article on Embarazada (the Spanish for "pregnant", a false friend cognate with "embarrassed") is currently up for deletion at Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Embarazada. Flapdragon 10:27, 12 April 2006 (UTC)