导读 俞理明 vii Contributors Acknowledgements xxvi 1 Introduction 1 2 The Scope of Transfer Research 21 Part 1 Lexical Perspectives 58 3 Cross-Lexical Interaction and the Structure of the Mental Lexicon 61 4 L1 Transfer in Chinese Learners’ Use of Spatial Prepositions in EFL 75 5 L1 Influences in L2 Lexical Inferencing 90 Part 2 Syntactic Perspectives 126 6 An Investigation of Topic-Prominence in Interlanguage of Chinese EFL Learners: A Discourse Perspective 129 7 Investigating the Impact of L1 Morphology and Semantics on L2 Acquisition of English Detransitivized Constructions by Chinese and Korean Learners 144 8 The Role of L1 in the Acquisition of Chinese Causative Constructions by English-Speaking Learners 168 Part 3 Phonological Perspectives 194 9 L1 Influence on the Learning of English Lexical Stress Patterns: Evidence from Chinese Early and Late EFL Learners 197 10 SLA Perspectives on Language Contact: An Experimental Study on Retroflexion 215 Part 4 Cognitive Perspectives 11 Language Transfer and the Link between Comprehension and Production 12 Context and Language Transfer 260 13 Conclusion: A Few More estions 273 Index of Persons Cited 289