Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- Part 1: Predictions and Constraints -- Introduction -- 2 Was There Really Ever a Contrastive Analysis Hypothesis? -- 3 Could a Contrastive Analysis Ever Be Complete? -- 4 Word-order Transfer, Metalinguistic Awareness and Constraints on Foreign Language Learning -- Part 2: Language-specific Processing and Transfer -- Introduction -- 5 Language Transfer and the Link between Comprehension and Production -- 6 Focus Constructions and Language Transfer -- 7 Translation and Language Transfer -- 8 Conclusion -- References -- Index