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Well there was a comic, about an old immigrant in germany teaching his children: 'Do not speak any other language than german, to avoid living in two worlds.',
by sublanternistic 4y ago
Well there was a comic, about an old immigrant in germany teaching his children: 'Do not speak any other language than german, to avoid living in two worlds.', maybe that's anectodal -but, i for my part say that goes in the same direction...
- tgv 4y agoThat might have to do more with staying in a closed subculture. When immigrants group together, they keep speaking their original language, keep the customs, pay very little attention of their new country's culture, and thus lock themselves out. What kind of thoughts you can think has little to do with it. Language is a significant part of identity.
- euroderf 4y agoMy 2yo is being raised on Finnish and English, which are vastly different languages. I would love to read something, anything, that discusses this kind of situation (and how to make the most of it!) from a linguistic and cognitive perspective.