Re: sensitive period in language acquisition?

> Brett writes:previously
> Remember, I was talking to Jerry specifically about
> LEARNING abilities related to speech. I know I used instincts as a
> counter-illustration but that was a simplificiation because she was
> looking for an ingrained (hard-wired) "template". It would be a

mistake

> to take what was said about this narrow aspect of brain function
> (Learning languages /speech) and apply it to brain functions and
> behavior as a whole. It's a lot more complicated than that.
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> Gerry here: I can't imagine what I might have said to lead you to

think

> I was looking for a "hard-wired" template. Actually I don't even know
> what is meant by "hard-wired". What question I posited was whether

this

> "template" was in the infants head at birth, pre-birth, or post

birth.

> And I'm still curious. Any ideas?

Hi Gerry -
Guess I misunderstood what you mean by template. Can you give me an
example of what you think this template is or does?

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