Rampton's Re-Classification of "Native Language" and "Mother Tongue"

Question 1

What does Rampton believe the term “native language” implies?

Answer 1

That everyone who has inherited a language knows how to speak it well

Question 2

Just because people are citizens of one country, what does this not mean for language?

Answer 2

It does not mean people born in a specific area know the native language well

Question 3

What does the term “mother tongue” emphasise?

Answer 3

A biological focus rather than a linguistic one

Question 4

Do languages get mixed up to have a social identification?

Answer 4

Yes

Question 5

What does Rampton say should be the purpose of language rather than prestige?

Answer 5

To be understood easily