Language defines who you are?
Well, I have been studying english very hard since I need to get a proficiency certificate. Now, I start to understand a lot of things about language in general. I realized that when I am into a language, not exactly this meaning, but I feel as it not myself speaking that language, that I lost my identity when I am into a language. And I feel that my mother tougue will be aways part of me and who I am.
Does anybody also realized it?
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Language defines who you are?
Well, I have been studying english very hard since I need to get a proficiency certificate. Now, I start to understand a lot of things about language in general. I realized that when I am into a language, not exactly this meaning, but I feel as if it's not myself who is speaking that language, that I lost my identity when I am into a language. And I feel that my mother tougue will be aways part of me and who I am.
Has anybody else experienced it?
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I have felt that and I'm sure many others have as well. However, I'm not too concerned about that since I am not too attached to a concept of personal identity. That concept is just an illusion that we hold for ourselves. We all change all the time, and I'm ok with that—I actually like it.
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This effect (absolutely true, by the way) is exactly why I like learning languages - we all need a break from ourselves sometimes.
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Oh, may be. I miss some expressions of my mother tougue which will never have in another language. The way I speak, my regional accent. I listened a BBC podcast that a men who was raised speaking two language, english and spanish, said that his english sounds sad. I think we can show differents faces in each language.
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I've seen that someone wrote "Speaking other languages influences your character" on this website. I saw only the title and didn't read it so I don't know the answers, but if you feel that way, I think that means your English is improving very much. It may happen to people depending on a level. I haven't felt that yet.
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