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
Sasha: 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).
Gerry: I guess the only "facts" are those that we get through the use
of logic or using the negative hypothesis, and we both know that these
facts are "unscientific".
Sasha: 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).
Gerry: Actually I think the connection between language and biology is
far from weak, the quickness with which languges change is in the eye of
the beholder, and the grammatical differences between English and
Russian are not that great!
Sasha: Or you meant something other? Than explain, please.
Gerry: No, I think you have my meaning. Actually there's an entire
area of study devoted to "consciousness studies". Are you aware of it?
Gerry
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