V2EX mother tongue

Mother Tongue

定义 Definition

mother tongue 指一个人从小自然习得的第一语言,即母语。通常是在家庭环境中从父母或主要照顾者那里学到的语言。

发音 Pronunciation

/mr t/

例句 Examples

My mother tongue is Mandarin, so I started learning English in school.
我的母语是普通话,所以我是在学校里开始学英语的。

Growing up in a multilingual household, she was fortunate to have two mother tongues, which gave her a deeper appreciation of both cultures.
在一个多语言家庭中长大,她有幸拥有两种母语,这让她对两种文化都有了更深的理解。

词源 Etymology

mother tongue 这个短语最早可追溯到14世纪的英语。mother 在此象征"最初的、根源的",如同母亲是人生命的起源;tongue 是"语言"的古老用法,源自古英语 tunge。整个短语字面意思是"母亲的语言",即从母亲那里习得的语言。许多欧洲语言中都有类似表达,如法语 langue maternelle、德语 Muttersprache,反映了各文化对母亲作为语言传承者角色的共同认知。

相关词汇 Reated Words

文学作品引用 Literary References

  • 《母语:英语及其创造》The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way) 比尔布莱森(Bill Bryson)的经典语言学科普著作,书名直接使用了该短语,探讨英语的起源与演变。
  • 《一个中国人在美国的母语》Mother Tongue) 华裔美国作家谭恩美(Amy Tan)在其著名散文中探讨了母语对身份认同和写作的影响。
  • 在语言学和后殖民文学中,mother tongue 是一个核心概念,肯尼亚作家恩古吉瓦提安哥(Ngg wa Thiong'o)在《殖民语言的政治》(Decolonising the Mind)中深入讨论了母语与文化身份的关系。
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