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  1. Nov 4, 2019 · In most cases, the term native language refers to the language that a person acquires in early childhood because it is spoken in the family and/or it is the language of the region where the child lives. Also known as a mother tongue, first language, or arterial language.

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  2. 1. INTRODUCTORY: LANGUAGE DEFINED Language a cultural, not a biologically inherited, function. Futility of interjectional and sound-imitative theories of the origin of speech. Definition of language. The psycho-physical basis of speech. Concepts and language. Is thought possible without language? Abbreviations and transfers of the speech process.

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  3. Essentially, these two terms are socio-cultural constructs. Meaning, the terms native and/or mother language are a way to conjure a transportation of a language from one culture and geography into another geography/culture. Their use trigger the counterpart, foreign.

  4. This paper strives to explore the impact of Native Language use on Foreign Language vocabulary learning on the basis of empirical and available data. The study is carried out with special reference to the English Language Programme students in Buraydah Community College, Qassim University, Saudi Arabia.

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  5. Part A thus offers readers an introduction to basic concepts that are developed throughout the book. Part B (Chapters 4–11) provides a description of the linguistic features of selected vari-eties of World Englishes, including examples from phonology, lexis, syntax, discourse and pragmatic norms.

  6. native language and the target language are essential for both L2 theory and pedagogy. Lado (1957) also stressed the importance of the native language, considering it a major cause of lack of success in L2 learning. He then proposed what has been known as the Contrastive Analysis Hypothesis (CAH) as a way of

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  8. Our language is richer and more complex than animal systems of communication, but the question is whether it is also qualitatively different, not just quantitatively different (more sounds, more words, more complex structures), from any means of communication that animals have at their disposal.

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