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Would you call these Indian English items an example of language interference?
I am understanding it.
She is knowing the answer.
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In Indian English, they have moved beyond the status that "language interference" would suggest.
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And have you noticed language/dialect/variant intereference in the form of TEFLSPEAK-G in your own use of English, Torsten?
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Do you notice any forms of language interference in your own use of English, M?
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| #48 (permalink) Mon Sep 22, 2008 10:30 am past perfect imperfections |
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| Do you notice any forms of language interference in your own use of English, M? |
Here, or in other contexts?
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| In Indian English, they have moved beyond the status that "language interference" would suggest. |
So were they originally examples of language interference, or simply just clumsy errors? |
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| #49 (permalink) Thu Sep 25, 2008 23:28 pm past perfect imperfections |
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| Molly wrote: |
| So were they originally examples of language interference, or simply just clumsy errors? |
If they parallel structures in first languages, they were examples of language interference.
If they don't, they weren't.
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