Does learning another language help you become a better writer? Or is it just helpful if you want to be a more "literary" person by reading the original? I wonder because both Nabokov and Joyce happen to be polyglots and it seems like a lot of writers happen to know second languages? Is it just a reflection of a higher verbal IQ or does it actually help in some oblique way?
To clarify, I meant better writer in your first language only -- So in other words do second/third languages carry over to your first language?
probably. i think about language differently and my writing has improved since learning japanese
>>7838657
You don't truly know your native language until you become multilingual.
>>7838677
Can you expand on this?
>>7838680
If your first language is e.g. English, becoming aware of differences between English and other languages gives you a fuller understanding of the workings of English. Though it won't necessarily make you a better writer.
