error analysis
noun Linguistics.
the systematic study of deviations from target-language norms in the course of second-language acquisition, especially in terms of the learner's developing interlanguage.
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Nearby words
- errol,
- erron.,
- erroneous,
- erroneously,
- error,
- error coin,
- error correction,
- error message,
- error of closure,
- ers
Origin of error analysis
First recorded in 1960–65
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