Re: Spanish & Portuguese

> > > Gerry: Hi Alexander. QUESTION: When do you think this template is
> > > created?
> >
> > A neurologist should be asked (I'm just a specialist in physiology of blood,
> > sorry). I can guess that such a template (or at least its basis) is to be

formed

> > by the term, when a baby starts to speak, i.e. about 2 years age.
> > The cruel experiments of the nature (when children are brought up by

animals)

> > show that if kids are not taught to speak by the age of several years (can't

say

> > more precise now) they will not speak ever. The central nervous system is

open

> > for different kinds of "programming" during certain time intervals, then it
> > becomes "stiff". If a function is not formed by the proper time it will not

be

> > realized in the full volume.
> >
> > Alexander
> >
> Gerry here:
> If the template began to appear when the child began speaking, then a
> child speaking his native tongue should have the same facility in
> learning a given language as a non-native speaker. This is not the case.
> Thus I think this template had to appear in the child's head before
> he/she began to speak. Why do you think otherwise?
> Gerry

Do you mean that children have the inborn predisposition to learn the language
(or language type) of their parents easier and quicker than other languages?
Theoretically we can consider such a hypothesis, it doesn't contradict to basic
biological laws. But I have never heard about facts which could support it
(maybe I'm not well awared about).
I deeply doubt that it could work. Too weak is the connection between the
language and the biological peculiarities of the speakers, too quickly (in
biological scale) languages change, too big is the grammatical difference
between apparently related languages (take English and Russian).

Or you meant something other? Than explain, please.

Alexander