From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Tue Sep 15 12:07:44 2009 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:07:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MndNP-0000lE-JE for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:07:43 -0700 Received: from imr-ma02.mx.aol.com ([64.12.206.40]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MndNM-0000l0-8T for lojban-list@lojban.org; Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:07:43 -0700 Received: from imo-da03.mx.aol.com (imo-da03.mx.aol.com [205.188.169.201]) by imr-ma02.mx.aol.com (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id n8FJ7PXT024000 for ; Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:07:25 -0400 Received: from MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com by imo-da03.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v42.5.) id d.d4c.4a7c1578 (41812) for ; Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:07:22 -0400 (EDT) From: MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com Message-ID: Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:07:22 EDT Subject: [lojban] Re: Fwd: lojban and raising a child bi-lingual To: lojban-list@lojban.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="part1_d4c.4a7c1578.37e13fea_boundary" X-Mailer: 6.0 for Windows XP sub 11501 X-Spam-Flag:NO X-AOL-SENDER: MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com X-archive-position: 16188 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list --part1_d4c.4a7c1578.37e13fea_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 9/15/2009 14:30:11 Eastern Daylight Time, timonator@perpetuum-immobile.de writes: > I heard of people in other age groups that claim to have learned a > language > fluently from scratch as children. I have not heard children brag about > how they > just learned their language completely from scratch. Think about it! > I don't understand your point. Bragging about something that everybody does seems foolish, at best. Young children obviously learn not only their language, but everything they learn, from scratch, i.e., from nothing but their own innate abilities. All other age groups already have a language, along with all the world knowledge they have acquired, to build on. stevo --part1_d4c.4a7c1578.37e13fea_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable In a messag= e dated 9/15/2009 14:30:11 Eastern Daylight Time, timonator@perpetuum-immo= bile.de writes:


I heard of people in ot= her age groups that claim to have learned a language
fluently from scratch as children. I have not heard children brag abou= t how they
just learned their language completely from scratch. Think about it!


I don't understand your point.  Bragging about something that eve= rybody does seems foolish, at best.
Young children obviously learn not only their language, but everything= they learn, from scratch, i.e., from nothing but their own innate abiliti= es. All other age groups already have a language, along with all the world= knowledge they have acquired, to build on.  

stevo
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