• Series editors' preface; Preface; Introduction; 2. Earlier thinking on transfer; 3. Some fundamental problems in the study of transfer; 4. Discourse; 5. Semantics; 6. Syntax; 7. Phonetics, phonology, and writing systems; 8. Nonstructural factors in transfer; 9. Looking back and looking ahead; 10. Implications for teaching; Glossary; References; Language index; Author index; Subject index.

"I find this book to be extremely readable...I believe that the incorporation of the glossary will make it as readable and enjoyable for students as it was for me. There is no doubt in my mind that this is a book that has long been needed and for which there will be great demand." Jacquelyn Schachter, Language "This book is packed with information gleaned from the author's comprehensive review of the literature on the long-controversial topic of language transfer...One need not be a linguist or psychologist to profit from reading the work, as it is written in a very readable, non-technical style, and a glossary is provided for the limited number of technical terms the author does use." Gordon L. Jackson, Polylingua