New Perspectives on Transfer in Second Language Learning / 
edited by Liming Yu and Terence Odlin. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - Toronto, ON :  Multilingual Matters,  2015. 
 - xi, 256 p. :  tables and graphs ;  24 cm. 
 - Second Language Acquisition .
<br/><br/> Volume 92 in the Second Language Acquisition Series. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>"When people attempt to learn a new language, the language(s) they already know can help but also hinder their understanding or production of new forms. This phenomenon, known as language transfer, is the focus of this book. The collection offers new theoretical perspectives, some in the empirical studies and some in other chapters, and consists of four sections considering lexical, syntactic, phonological and cognitive perspectives. The volume provides a wealth of studies on the influence of Chinese on the acquisition of English but also includes studies involving Finnish, French, Hindi, Korean, Persian, Spanish, Swedish and Tamil. It will be of great interest to researchers and students working in the areas of crosslinguistic influence in second language acquisition, language pedagogy and psycholinguistics." (Book Cover) CONTENTS: 01. Introduction /   Terence Odlin and Liming Yu 02. The Scope of Transfer Research /   Scott Jarvis PART ONE: LEXICAL PERSPECTIVES 03. Cross-Lexical Interaction and the Structure of the Mental Lexicon /   David Singleton 04. L1 Transfer in Chinese Learners' Use of Spatial Prepositions in EFL /   Jia Li and Jinting Cai 05. L1 Influences in L2 Lexical Inferencing /   T. Sima Paribakht and Marjorie Bingham Wesche PART TWO: SYNTACTIC PERSPECTIVES 06. An Investigation into Topic-Prominence in the Interlanguage of Chinese EFL Learners: In a Discourse Perspective /   Shaopeng Li and Lianrui Yang 07. Investigating the Impact of L1 Morphology and Semantics upon L2 Acquisition of English Detransitivized Constructions by Chinese and Korean Learners /   Yusong Gao 08. Role of L1 in the Acquisition of the Chinese Causative Construction by English-Speaking Learners /   Hui Chang and Lina Zheng PART THREE: PHONOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES 09. L1 influence on the Learning of English Lexical Stress Patterns: Evidence from Chinese Early and Late EFL Learners /   Hong Li, Lei Zhang and Ling Zhou 10. SLA Perspectives on Language Contact: An Experimental Study in Retroflexion /   David Mitchell PART FOUR: COGNITIVE PERSPECTIVES 11. Language Transfer and the Link between Comprehension and Production /   Terence Odlin 12. Context and Language Transfer /   Chuming Wang 13. Conclusion: A Few More Questions /   Terence Odlin Index of Persons Cited 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781783094325 (pbk) 
<br/><br/><label>ISSN: </label>1754-2642 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Language transfer (Language learning).<br/>Second language acquisition.