first language

Related topics: Linguistics

ˌfirst ˈlanguage noun [countableC]

SLthe language that you first learn as a child 母语，第一语言 SYN native language/tongue, mother tongue, → second language

Examples from the Corpus

first language• It follows that an individual's patterns of thought are conditioned by the nature of his or her first language.• It was my first language, then Sincthi.• Given fluent processing of first language material, the articulatory loop may never consciously intrude into the interpreter's performance.• In this respect learner errors which reveal first language influence are the natural reflex of procedures of meaning negotiation.• Under certain circumstances, however, children may learn a pidgin as their first language.

词汇	first language
释义	first language Related topics: Linguistics ˌfirst ˈlanguage noun [countableC] SLthe language that you first learn as a child 母语，第一语言 SYN native language/tongue, mother tongue, → second language Examples from the Corpus first language• It follows that an individual's patterns of thought are conditioned by the nature of his or her first language.• It was my first language, then Sincthi.• Given fluent processing of first language material, the articulatory loop may never consciously intrude into the interpreter's performance.• In this respect learner errors which reveal first language influence are the natural reflex of procedures of meaning negotiation.• Under certain circumstances, however, children may learn a pidgin as their first language.
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