%0 Journal Article %T Negative Transfer and Acquisition of Non-agentive Passive Voice %A Yuan-ying WANG %J Studies in Literature and Language %D 2010 %I Canadian Academy of Oriental and Occidental Culture %X This thesis aims to probe into the relationship between negative transfer and the acquisition of non-agentive passive voice. After the introduction of the classification of passive voice, the definition of language transfer, characteristics of negative transfer, , and the detailed analysis of acquisition of non-agentive passive sentences, I arrive at the conclusion that negative transfer plays a major role in learners¡¯ acquisition of non-agentive passive voice, and offer the pedagogical implication. Key words: language transfer; negative transfer; acquisition; non-agentive passive voice %K language transfer %K negative transfer %K acquisition %K non-agentive passive voice %U http://cscanada.net/index.php/sll/article/view/1554