The role of L1 English and L2 HIndi in L3 Spanish acquisition : a study of pragmatic transfer in request and apology situations
Transfer theory proposes that language learners rely on knowledge of a previous language to acquire a new language and that they base their learning on past experiences and information. The assumption is that there is transfer of knowledge from adult learners’ L1 to their L2 (Odlin 1989; Kecskes and...
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2010
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2009-12-615 |