Who is `native speaker'?
What is the meaning of this native speaker?
Native speaker = a person who has spoken a language from a very early age.
Example:
I grew up in England. I started to speak English when I was a child. I am a native speaker of English.
Your native language is acquired from your parents and the people around you. You are better at speaking your native language than any other language.
Additionally, the term native can be misleading. It is quite possible that the first language learned is no longer a speaker's dominant language. Young immigrant children, whose families have moved to a new linguistic environment may lose, in part or in totality, the language they first acquired.
In such cases, competence, function, as well as origin are taken into consideration:
Origin: the language(s) one learned first (the language(s) in which one has established the first long-lasting verbal contacts).
Competence: the language(s) one knows best.
Function: the language(s) one uses most.
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