Language Transfer in Advanced Hindi/Urdu Speakers of Czech as a Second Language Cover Image

Jazykový transfer u pokročilých hindských/urdských mluvčích češtiny jako druhého jazyka
Language Transfer in Advanced Hindi/Urdu Speakers of Czech as a Second Language

Author(s): Nora Melnikova
Subject(s): Foreign languages learning, Applied Linguistics
Published by: Univerzita Karlova v Praze - Filozofická fakulta, Vydavatelství
Keywords: language transfer; cross-linguistic influence; second language acquisition; Hindi; Urdu; teaching Czech as a second language

Summary/Abstract: This paper examines the influence of Hindi/Urdu on Czech in advanced Hindi/Urdu L1 speakers of Czech as a second language. At present, dozens of Hindi/Urdu L1-speakers enroll in Czech language courses in India every year, and thousands of Hindi/Urdu L1-speakers live in the Czech Republic and have acquired Czech at various levels of proficiency. The objective of this paper is to provide first empirically based insights for teachers of Czech as a foreign/second language to Hindi/Urdu L1-speakers in India and in the Czech Republic. This study analyzes language production of 10 Hindi/ Urdu L1 speakers who have lived long-term in the Czech Republic. The analysis is based on recordings of informal conversations. The obtained linguistic data was compared with standard grammar descriptions of Hindi/Urdu and Czech in order to perform error analysis. With the help of contrastive analysis, errors caused by language transfer were identified and categorized according to the following language domains: phonetics and phonology, and morphosyntax.

  • Issue Year: 13/2022
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 18-41
  • Page Count: 24
  • Language: Czech
Toggle Accessibility Mode