[lojban] Re: Fwd: lojban and raising a child bi-lingual

[MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com]

In a message dated 9/14/2009 22:56:36 Eastern Daylight Time, phma@phma.optus.nu writes:


> "One reason that small children are slower at learning languages than 
> teenagers and adults is that they still haven’t learned to segment the world 
> yet. They have to learn which person is mama and which is dada; where the arm 
> ends and the hand begins; what shade is blue, what shade is green and what is 
> in between; and thousands of other things. This is a huge task that people 
> don’t have to repeat when learning a second language after they’re a bit 
> older." -http://czechmatediary.com/2009/01/15/even-experts-dont-know-how-children-learn-languages/


This is contrary to everything I've heard or read about children learning their first language.  Second languages are a different matter, perhaps.

Children manage in the first few years of life to learn a language fluently from scratch.  No other age group can claim that.

stevo