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母语迁移对非英语班学生英语写作的影响 ChapterOneDiachronicStudiesonLanguageTransfer 1.1TheDefinitionofLanguageTransfer transferisabasictermgenerallyusedinpsychology, anditreferstothelong-timeinfluenceofprevious knowledgeonthesubsequentlearningprocess. Languagetransferisalsocalledcross-linguisticinfluence, thediscussionsofwhichareusuallyconsideredtobeginin the1940sand1950s(Odlin,2001).InOdlin'sopinion,the pioneerwhoadoptedtheterm"transfer"torefertothe linguisticphenomenonwasWhitney,whichcouldbesaid tohappenaboutmorethanacenturyago.Butlanguage transfer,whichcanbesaidtobeatermoraspecial phenomenon,doesn'tdrawmuchattentionuntillate1940s and1950s.Thebirthofitarousedscholars'extensive interestinsecondlanguagelearning.Theprimaryproblem isaboutitsdefinition(Dai&Wang,2002)therearedifferent interpretingwaysofthisconcept,which,inturn,reflects 13 第页共页