《语言学百科词典》(上海辞书出版社1993):“本族语——又称母语、第一语言。指某一言语社团成员在幼儿时期通过模仿双亲或周围成人说话而掌握的语言。”其他辞书字典大同小异。笔者认同工具书中关于母语是幼儿时期通过模仿而掌握的语言这一观点。如果将母语等 “Encyclopedic Dictionary of Linguistics” (Shanghai Lexicographic Press, 1993): "Native language - also known as mother tongue, first language, refers to the language spoken by a member of a speech community in early childhood by imitating a parent or adult. Other dictionaries dictionary much the same. The author agrees with the idea that the mother tongue in a reference book is a language mastered by imitation in early childhood. If the mother tongue and so on