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

[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

[JTRiff]

nota teacher

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

[SanMar]

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

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!

[Frank Antonson]

Thanks for the link.

That was interesting.

[BobK]

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

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[SanMar]

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

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Why ask twice?

[donnach]

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. :)

[cawatawa]

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

[5jj]

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

No. They are different things.