Re: Spanish and Portuguese

From: Gerry Reinhart-Waller
Message: 823
Date: 2000-01-10

Alexander Stolbov wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Gerry Reinhart-Waller <waluk@...>
> To: <cybalist@egroups.com>
> Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2000 7:45 PM
> Subject: [cybalist] Re: Spanish and Portuguese
>
> > To Marc and Alexander:
> > Why do you think that native kids have little problem learning the
> > syntax of their native language whereas schoolkids have more difficulty
> > learning another language?
> > Gerry
>
> Maybe because little babies don't "learn" native language at all? They just
> learn speaking a human language and its syntax is as natural as air composition
> or gravitation. It seems to be the only possible way of speaking. Later any
> other language will look like something not natural. Maybe so?
>
> Alexander
>
>Gerry here: Then Alexander, do you think these young babies have a template in their head which maps out the syntax of their language?
I'm beginning to think they might.
Gerry

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