The cross-linguistic influence of Arabic on the English passive voice

• Main Authors: Lghzeel, Fatma Ali Mohamed, Noor Raha, Mohd Radzuan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Birlesik Dunya Yenilik Arastirma ve Yayincilik Merkezi 2020
• Subjects: LB Theory and practice of education; PE English
• Online Access: http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/29626/1/The%20cross-linguistic%20influence%20of%20Arabic%20on%20the%20English.pdf; http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/29626/; https://doi.org/10.18844/gjflt.v10i3.4941; https://doi.org/10.18844/gjflt.v10i3.4941

It is difficult to describe cross-linguistic influence; however, it has been a contentious phenomenon for a long time. Whenever the speaker of a language becomes bilingual, the first language will subtly affect the new one, even if it is not used much. This is how first language influence begins sin...