Re: sensitive period in languge acquisition?

From: Gerry Reinhart-Waller
Message: 869
Date: 2000-01-11

>Gerry: Earlier is certainly better. When do you propose that the young un
learn 2 "mother" languages at once? Gerry

Marc: I don't know: from birth? or at 2-3 years or so, when the child
goes to the creche or school? Probably it's important not to mix both
languages: the same person should always speak the same language with
the young child, eg, father vs mother, or at a somewhat later age:
parents vs school?

Gerry: We'll, we're not getting anywhere. Let me try again. Do you
think that languge begins at birth or is there a language template
present in the brain before the child is born?
Gerry


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