声明
Abstract
摘要
Table of Contents
List of Abbreviations
List of Figures and Tables
Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Background of this study
1.2 Scope and objective of this study
1.3 Methodology of this study
1.4 Structure of this thesis
Chapter 2 Literature Review
2.1 Definition of language transfer
2.2 The development of language transfer studies
2.2.1 Behaviorist accounts of language transfer
2.2.2 Interlanguage accounts of language transfer
2.2.3 Cognitive accounts for language transfer
2.3 Language transfer in SI
2.3.1 Relevant studies abroad
2.3.2 Relevant studies at home
2.4 Summary
Chapter 3 Methodology
3.1 Basis of data analysis
3.2 Interpreters
3.3 Data collection
3.4 Procedures
Chapter 4 Results
4.1 Phonetic positive transfer
4.1.1 Phonetic positive transfer variations across Chinese dialects
4.1.2 Phonetic positive transfer in the data bank
4.2 Morphological positive transfer
4.3 Syntactic positive transfer
4.4 Semantic positive transfer
Chapter 5 Discussions
5.1 Findings
5.2 A wareness of language distance
5.3 SI trainers’ perceptions of positive language transfer
5.4 Pedagogical implications
Chapter 6 Conclusion
6.1 Conclusion
6.2 Academic contribution
6.3 Limitations of this study
6.4 Suggestions for Future Research
Appendix
References
Acknowledgements