Hi linguists, I have a question , Do you think that L2 has an effect on L1? – Adary Nelson Surfing the net I came across this question on the wall of a facebook user. Although I gave an explicit answer, I felt the need to do a laborious explanation on it, to clear the fear and confusions. Acquiring language can be so strenuous for a child who is exposed to more than one language at the same time and sometimes same frequency, exposure and speaking rate. The positive fear in the mind of the child’s parents will be the aftermath effect on the child. A further concern is that a child exposed to a first language (henceforth L1), when in later days get exposed to the second Language (L2) what becomes the L1. Thus, this has made some parents lag in the conscious effort to teach the child their languages. Furthermore, there is the assumption that the native language is naturally the first language of the child, thus if the child does not acquire his...
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