Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

language transfer

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.57 in modern English

Syllables
lan-guage -trans-fer
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of language shift.

Countable

noun

The (correct or incorrect) application of linguistic features (grammar, vocabulary, etc.) from one language to another, such as false friends.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

language transfers (plural)

Synonyms

language shift

Questions

What does language transfer mean?
Synonym of language shift.

How to pronounce language transfer

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