How does your second language influence your first language?

Answer 1

Just as you transfer some patterns from your native language to your second laguage, you transfer some patterns from your second language to your first language.

I conducted a research on the effects of the second language on first language. The results of my study showed that people with a second language used patterns borrowed from their second language while using their native language.

The influence can be found at any level of representation syntactic, lexical, semantic or phonological.

If you're interested in this issue, I'd suggest you read the book below;

Cook, V. J. (2003). Effects of the Second Language on the First. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters.

Answer 2

Not much actually. If one has good command of both, then one language should not affect the other one.
Some people try to use words/expressions from a second language while speaking in their native tongue. They do this with the purpose of sounding "sophisticated", or "elite". Often it sounds absurd to me. English is my second language, my mother tongue is Turkish. However, I must admit that my English vocabulary is better than my Turkish one. This is due to the fact that I have a degree in Eng. literature and a second degree in Eng. Lang. teaching. Even though, I try to use the Turkish expressions not the English ones. However, when I am discussing some academic issues with my colleagues (who are all Ph.D.s in education and know good English) I (we) tend to use certain English phrases and expressions because they are more common and international; also they express the matter more concisely.
As for syntax and grammar, English does not affect my Turkish sentences.

Answer 3

I'm not sure it actually influences it. However I do catch myself talking to my friends and mixing the two. Once I even spoke to my mother for ten minutes in Arabic, before she asked me what I was trying to say. I didn't even realize I was doing it. The brain has a way separating the two, It can be hard at times when the word you want to use has no translation in the other language, or means something entirely different. Hope this answers your question.

Answer 4

Since I use the computer always is English or Spanish (second and third ones respectively) is pretty strange everytime I have to write something on line in my own language, Portuguese:I have to stop and think about !!!
English almost not interfere with Portuguese because they are different but Spanish grammar and spelling cause some funny mistakes, sometimes ...

Answer 5

Well, I grew up speaking french and English. I didn't Learn one first. I speak English with an English accent (which I can Quickly change to American) and I speak French...Frenchly (I mean..with a French Accent)In a middle Of a sentence I don't know how to say a word (say, in french) and I use the English word with a kinda french twist to it .I end up inventing words (like Frenchly lol) .I guess it makes it easier to understand the root of a word. When I translate something, it makes me understand that something fully before I translate it. OK, I think I've confused everybody....but It Really helps being bilingual

Answer 6

I'm first language English. The main effect is that if i am speaking another language that ihave learnt, particularly French i am thinking in that language, so hard to go back.

Answer 7

Well, I am deaf, my first language was ASL (American Sign Language), and 2nd is English of course. Sometimes when I write the paper for English, my grammar doesnt make sense to teacher and had to edit the paper alot, because Im used to signing my way to make sentence sense to my deaf friends, and get mixed up with English writing. My mom jokes that I write like a deaf person and I was like "I am deaf"

Answer 8

Sometimes phrases in my second language, Spanish, are better for a situation then in English. I actually have to conciously suppress speaking Spanish and continue speaking in English.

Answer 9

Sometimes I have a tendency to translate literally from my second language into my native language.

I must say, I don't have much opportunity to speak my native language so I get confused sometimes, especially when trying to use colloquial terms.
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Answer 10

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