Can't remember the linguistics/educational term to describe this situation.

Hi,

There is a term I learned in credential school that I cannot remember but would like to. It describes the tendency to translate certain things certain ways from one language to another. For instance, in Japanese mass nouns (from what I understand) are the norm, so oftentimes when Japanese people speak English, they have a tendency to drop the article in front of singular count nouns. The term describes this tendency.

Does anyone know what it is?


Thanks,

Donna

nota teacher

Interlingual? There's other more specific terms, probably. You may have to dig through a linguistics glossary.:-)

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Originally Posted by donnach

Hi,

There is a term I learned in credential school that I cannot remember but would like to. It describes the tendency to translate certain things certain ways from one language to another. For instance, in Japanese mass nouns (from what I understand) are the norm, so oftentimes when Japanese people speak English, they have a tendency to drop the article in front of singular count nouns. The term describes this tendency.

Does anyone know what it is?


Thanks,

Donna

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It sounds like it might be linguistic interference, however I am not sure.

Language transfer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Not a teacher.
Not a linguist either!
:-)

Thanks for the link.

That was interesting.

Is it just me, or can you hear an echo in here? http://www.usingenglish.com/forum/as...tml#post747790

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Originally Posted by BobK

Is it just me, or can you hear an eco in here? http://www.usingenglish.com/forum/as...tml#post747790

b

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:shock: Why ask twice?

Sorry, linguists are such rare animals, wasn't sure if I'd get much of a response here. And it was driving me bonkers that I couldn't think of the term. Time was of the essence.

Thanks. :)

I think it's called either "the pidgin" or "creole" or "lingua franca"

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Originally Posted by cawatawa

I think it's called either "the pidgin" or "creole" or "lingua franca"

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No. They are different things.