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A first language (L1), native language, native tongue, or mother tongue is the first language a person has been exposed to from birth [1] or within the critical period. In some countries, the term native language or mother tongue refers to the language of one's ethnic group rather than the individual's actual first language. Generally, to state ...
Mother playing with infant, singing the tongue-twister (1913). "Moses supposes his toeses are roses" is a piece of English-language nonsense verse and a tongue-twister , whimsically describing the prophet Moses mistakenly conjecturing his toes are roses , contrary to biological reality.
Mother tongue usually refers to the language that a person learned as a child at home or a person's first language Mother tongue may also refer to: Mother tongue, or language, a proto-language in historical linguistics; Proto-Human language, the hypothetical most recent common ancestor of all the world's languages
[1] [2] It is a collection of 22 tongue-twisters. It was Dr. Seuss's last beginner book to feature his own illustrations. It was Dr. Seuss's last beginner book to feature his own illustrations. It was read by Miranda Richardson for HarperCollins along with Scrambled Eggs Super! , Horton Hatches the Egg and The Sneetches and Other Stories .
Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs – X Marks the Spot: out of print 2007 R. Schuyler Hooke Art Mawhinney BE-39 Thomas and Friends: Fast Train, Slow Train: out of print 2009 Rev W. Awdry Rev W. Awdry BE-40 Ten Eggs in a Nest: Early Moments and eBook only 2014 Marilyn Sadler Michael Fleming BE-41 The Alphabet Book: 2015 P. D. Eastman Peter ...
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The book discusses the Indo-European origins of English, the growing status of English as a global language, the complex etymology of English words, the dialects of English, spelling reform, prescriptive grammar, and other topics including swearing. This account popularises the subject and makes it accessible to the lay reader, but it has been ...