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Noun
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The unsuccessful use by a language learner of a construct from his/her source language in the target language, such that the resulting utterance in the target language is incorrect.

See Also
learner construct positive transfer language unsuccessful
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Rhyming Words
fer afer ofer defer lofer zafer effer gofer offer lifer wafer safer infer rafer sofer refer cafer hofer fifer reefer
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