Mother tongue versus father tongue—a new study reconciles the two hypotheses
Monday, August 20, 2018 - 08:00
in Psychology & Sociology
Does the mother or father have a stronger influence on their children's language? The mother tongue hypothesis suggests that language usage follows matrilineal inheritance. The father tongue hypothesis holds that paternal lines dominate the local language in an already populated region, which was proposed based on other genetic and anthropological research.