LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 15:9 September 2015
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
Editors: B. Mallikarjun, Ph.D.
         Sam Mohanlal, Ph.D.
         B. A. Sharada, Ph.D.
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         Jennifer Marie Bayer, Ph.D.
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         G. Baskaran, Ph.D.
         L. Ramamoorthy, Ph.D.
         C. Subburaman, Ph.D. (Economics)
         N. Nadaraja Pillai, Ph.D.
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An Empirically Tested Contrastive Error Analysis of
Tense Errors Committed by Punjabi Learners of English

Dr. Shivani, M.A., Ph.D., NET

Abstract

The role of transfer or cross linguistic influence in second language learning is irrefutable. The learners of a second language (L2) always have an inherent tendency to fall back on their first language (L1) while learning the structures of target language. This transfer may have positive or negative influence on learning a L2. The present article attempts to study the tense errors committed by learners of English due to the influence of their L1 (Punjabi). The methodology used in this study is contrastive error analysis of the written data (in English) of learners. In other words, this study involves a complementary amalgamation of contrastive and error analyses to analyze and explain the tense errors committed by learners of English due to transfer. It will help to discover how learners of English at the undergraduate level use their L1 as they learn, write and develop academic English.

Keywords: Transfer; Cross linguistic influence; First language (L1); Second language (L2); Contrastive Error Analysis

Introduction

Transfer or cross linguistic influence is a universal phenomenon which is indispensable in second language learning. There is little doubt that what the language learner already knows is the first language, through which, more or less consciously, s/he tries to perceive and assimilate the elements of the second language. This leads to language transfer which considers how the learner’s existing knowledge influences the course of L2 development.

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Dr. Shivani, M.A., Ph.D., NET
Assistant Professor
Post Graduate Government College
Sector 11
Chandigarh 160011
India

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