tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3110857152936301451.post6861561854459676769..comments2023-11-03T21:36:09.393+08:00Comments on Principle of Uncertainty: 母语khengsionghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08388168568808671784noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3110857152936301451.post-47941973642496877212008-11-09T17:37:00.000+08:002008-11-09T17:37:00.000+08:00宝茹I think intermarriage is getting more common, so...<B>宝茹</B><BR/>I think intermarriage is getting more common, so it is going to be more difficult to determine a person's mother tongue.khengsionghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08388168568808671784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3110857152936301451.post-85216753027906086002008-11-07T21:25:00.000+08:002008-11-07T21:25:00.000+08:00Very informative post. For me, mother tongue is th...Very informative post. For me, mother tongue is the language of our parents. <BR/><BR/>But then it becomes difficult, for example, for ethnic Chinese whose culture really has been mixed.Katherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03788856648029212747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3110857152936301451.post-5090916174997856412008-11-05T21:21:00.000+08:002008-11-05T21:21:00.000+08:00迷迭香So it doesn't matter what our mother tongue is,...<B>迷迭香</B><BR/>So it doesn't matter what our mother tongue is, right?khengsionghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08388168568808671784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3110857152936301451.post-34289060465227684382008-11-05T16:49:00.000+08:002008-11-05T16:49:00.000+08:00在这里大家都是语言专家嘛....^_^在这里大家都是语言专家嘛....^_^迷迭香https://www.blogger.com/profile/14630986877189277115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3110857152936301451.post-29063426162269031752008-11-05T11:34:00.000+08:002008-11-05T11:34:00.000+08:00kyhFrom the perspective of linguistics, Mandarin, ...<B>kyh</B><BR/>From the perspective of linguistics, Mandarin, Cantonese, Hokkien etc. are distinctive languages which share a common writing.<BR/><BR/>Prior to 1911, Mandarin was the language spoken by the court. (Mandarin = 满大人) After 1911 it was picked as the unifying language. Somehow in Hong Kong that unifying language is Cantonese.<BR/><BR/><B>kikey</B><BR/>Thanks for the info. Do you know of any schools in the States where Chinese is the medium?<BR/><BR/><B>xin</B><BR/>Got a few definitions for mother tongue from answer.com...<BR/>- one's native language<BR/>- a parent language<BR/>- the language learned by children and passed from one generation to the next<BR/><BR/>There are cases whereby second generation Chinese Americans speak English as their first language. Here the mother tongue has not been passed down. That's why I say the concept of mother tongue is outdated.khengsionghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08388168568808671784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3110857152936301451.post-16999136179989383342008-11-05T10:25:00.000+08:002008-11-05T10:25:00.000+08:00mother tongue refers to mother's first language? i...mother tongue refers to mother's first language? i thought it means whatever our first language is? regardless or father's or mother'sAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3110857152936301451.post-89620744003603104692008-11-05T10:10:00.000+08:002008-11-05T10:10:00.000+08:00波士顿也有周日中文班~波士顿也有周日中文班~Kikey Loohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12510976685043438489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3110857152936301451.post-3950009015774397102008-11-05T05:47:00.000+08:002008-11-05T05:47:00.000+08:00I heard that Canada has Chinese medium schools.Alt...I heard that Canada has Chinese medium schools.<BR/><BR/>Although linguists did say that Mandarin is also one of the Chinese dialects (it gains prominence mainly due to its extensive use as a unifying language to bring all the mutually unintelligible Chinese-dialect speaking groups together), I still regard it as my sole mother tongue deep down inside me.kyhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281584550103867329noreply@blogger.com