"negative transfer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: negative transfers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} negative transfer (usually uncountable, plural negative transfers)
  1. (linguistics) The unsuccessful use by a language learner of a construct from the learner's source language in the target language, such that the resulting utterance in the target language is incorrect. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Linguistics Related terms: positive transfer
    Sense id: en-negative_transfer-en-noun-WsNohSZz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Inflected forms

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